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Uber, Lyft gain access to upstate NY market Ride-sharing companies raise concerns among local cab drivers Amy Donovan Pipe Dream News

Meredith also said the space may be utilized by biotechnical companies working with faculty and students and seeking to outsource laboratory work. This collaboration could bring new businesses and opportunities to

Getting a ride back to campus on weekends — which often involves the stress of hailing a cab — may now be made easier with a few taps on a smartphone.

According to the FY 2018 state budget, which was approved on April 9, ride-sharing apps such as Uber and Lyft will now operate across New York state.

Previously, ride-sharing companies were not allowed to operate outside of New York City since they required group-sharing insurance that was previously illegal in New York state. The new budget modifies the insurance law, allowing for the expansion of ride-sharing companies, and stipulates that a statewide board will be implemented to oversee how the ride-sharing industry impacts the state.

Numerous petitions emerged in support of bringing ride-sharing companies to the rest of New York state. Uber posted its own petition in December 2016, which garnered more than 100,000 signatures in support of the company’s expansion.

While this legislation may improve

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Michael Contegni/Staff Photographer Gloria Meredith, dean of Binghamton University’s School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, announced Wednesday that the University received $15 million in funding for the construction of a new research and development facility. It will be the third building in the health sciences complex currently under construction in Johnson City.

Johnson City complex to house lab facility University plans construction of new building for research and development aims to continue this legacy by bringing scientists and researchers to the area.

News Intern At a press conference on April 19, Gloria Meredith, dean of Binghamton The Triple Cities area has long been University’s School of Pharmacy and known as a hub of innovation. Now, Pharmaceutical Sciences, said the the construction of a research and facility will be funded by New York development facility in Johnson City state and will be used to support faculty Alexandra Hupka

experimentation.

“It’s a fantastic opportunity to build more infrastructure so we can attract industry to the area and we can increase our research efforts,” Meredith said.

“We have been able to attract some topnotch scientists in this area and they have connections to industry.”

Research Days explore undergraduate studies

BU debate team rises to top 10 in nation

Program ranked sixth at CEDA tournament, third-best public debate program Samuel Abaev Pipe Dream News

The Binghamton University Speech and Debate team has rebounded this season after falling out of the top 10 in the nation for the first time in over a decade last season.

The team was ranked the sixth best overall debate program in the nation and the third best public debate program at the conclusion of the Cross Examination Debate Association nationals this past season, a prestigious national tournament held in Kansas City, Missouri from March 16 to March 20.

At the tournament, the team qualified for the round of 16 as they went to the elimination rounds, winning its first four meetings before losing to the Rutgers UniversityNewark team, which would go on to win the tournament and earn the title of the top team in the nation.

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Sixth annual series of events showcase projects by students, University faculty Alana Epstein Pipe Dream News

Courtney Mitchell/Contributing Photographer Pictured: Guy German, an assistant professor in the biomedical engineering department. He was recently granted $500,000 from the National Science Foundation for mechanics of human skin research.

Professor granted $500K to research skin functions Guy German received NSF funding for his work on the body's largest organ Stacey Blansky Contributing Writer

An assistant professor in the biomedical engineering department became the latest Binghamton University researcher to earn a grant from the National Science Foundation for his work on the mechanics of human skin.

Guy German was awarded a five-year, $500,000 National Science Foundation Early Career Development Program grant

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on March 14 for his research. His proposal was one of 11,000 that was selected by the National Science Foundation, out of 40,000 proposals submitted nationwide.

Using human tissue donated from hospitals after surgical procedures, German investigates the properties of skin and works to understand the mechanics of the protective organ. German explained that the scientific premise of his research is his

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This week, the sixth annual Research Days at Binghamton University will showcase various student and faculty projects through seminars, poster presentations and art exhibitions to celebrate scholarship.

Research Days will take place Wednesday through Friday and are intended to give students the chance to present their work. According to Rachel Coker, the director of the Division of Research, the Research Days are made to both show the work students have done and inspire other students to get involved in research of their own.

“Research Days give the entire Binghamton University community an opportunity to celebrate research, scholarship and creative activities,” Coker said. “It’s a moment to show each other some of our best work, get to know each other as scholars and appreciate the way this campus contributes to the creation of knowledge.”

All of the Research Days events are co-sponsored by BU Academic Affairs, the Division of Research, the Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation, McNair Scholars Program and the Undergraduate Research Center.

Among the events is the Art of

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Science contest, which occurred on Wednesday. This new event gave students with science-related art projects, predominately photography, an opportunity to showcase their work. The contest drew over 65 entries and featured photos of cells, science projects, wildlife and organisms seen under microscopes.

Other events new to Research Days are a research roundtable discussion and a creative performance showcase.

The creative performance showcase will consist of undergraduate and graduate students singing, dancing and performing poetry readings.

All students and faculty have the opportunity to sign up to present their research during the poster sessions, which will be held Friday afternoon in the Mandela Room in the Old University Union. According to Janice McDonald, the director of the Undergraduate Research Center, these sessions are the most popular events of Research Days.

“On Friday, there are two poster sessions,” McDonald said. “Between the two there are 130 posters, which represents the work of around 250 students because some are coauthored and others represent the work of a research team. Last year, around 600 people attended the poster sessions to learn more about the students research and creative

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Prof. gets $500K to fund skin research Debate team succeeds at CEDA

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work with biological interfaces, the regions where biological substances interact with organic material like bacteria and inorganic material such as anti-aging cosmetics.

“I look at the mechanics and the function of biological interfaces, which are everywhere,” German said. “So, if you imagine what a biological interface is, you are looking at a biological interface when you look at me. You look at my skin.”

According to German, scientists still lack information about the way skin functions, and he said the grant will help to expand existing learnings through new research ideas such as the stretchability of skin.

“Wrinkling, if you look at it from a physics perspective, is buckling,” German said. “You stretch something and it buckles and causes wrinkles. It’s really mechanics, and so that is the field that I sit in. How does it stretch, and how does it break? There’s gaps in the knowledge, and that is what we are trying to fill in.”

German’s lab is exploring the different factors that affect the mechanics of skin, such as the sun and microorganisms like bacteria and viruses. In addition, German hopes to gain a greater understanding of the fundamentals of skin mechanics.

Skin diseases and disorders also alter the skin’s biology, leading to dry, cracked skin. German said he wants to understand how the

protective organ can transform from an intact piece of tissue, which stretches and snaps back, to a degenerative piece of broken skin.

“What does skin do?” German said. “Everyone just assumes that it’s there, and it just does. But it enables touch, it protects you from physical, chemical and microbial knocks. It also regulates your temperature and enables you to live on land. Skin is this sort of ‘jackof-all-trades,’ and it’s very good at doing its job. I think a lot of people take it for granted sometimes.”

German explained that one of his graduate students is studying Langer’s lines, which are lines of skin tension that correspond to the natural orientation of collagen in the skin.

“We believe these Langer’s

lines are closely associated with what happens when you age, because breakdown of collagen fibers, we think, is related to wrinkle formation,” German said. “Applications range from quantifying the accuracy of cosmetic products to surgical considerations.”

According to German, surgeons have to take into account the direction they cut in to skin, because if you were to stretch it in one location and then again in another orientation at the same location, it will stretch differently and leave a scar.

Looking forward, German said he hopes to make discoveries about the biomechanics of skin within the coming years.

BU adds biotech building to health complex JC FROM PAGE 1 Johnson City.

“There will be a fair amount of drug development and drugdiscovery work,” she said. “The individuals that I have hired work very closely with the industry. We would envision being able to attract some biotechs and maybe even spin off some startups ourselves, who will be able to use this new R and D facility. This opportunity doesn’t happen very often, and for this region, it really is important for driving that economic engine.”

The new facility will be the third building in the health sciences complex currently under construction in Johnson City and will be located at 48 Corliss Ave. In addition to the research and development building, the health sciences complex will also house the pharmacy school and the Decker School of Nursing.

The pharmacy school building is expected to be completed by fall 2018. The Decker School of Nursing building will be located across the street from the new pharmacy school facility and will be fully constructed by April 2019.

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Ride-sharing services to expand reach to upstate RIDE FROM PAGE 1 convenience for New York state residents, some Binghamton cab drivers are worried about what it means for them and their customers.

A local cab driver, who wished to remain anonymous due to his association to the subject, said that Uber will hurt his business and disadvantage Binghamton University students who won’t have the same pre-existing relationships with Uber drivers as they do with local Binghamton area cab drivers.

“We hate Uber; you don’t know who’s driving,” he said.

“It will hurt our business and students because you don’t know who’s driving.”

However, not all drivers are concerned about ridesharing companies coming to Binghamton. Ali Waad, the owner of A&B Taxi, said that he is not worried about companies like Uber because he is already in competition with other local cab companies.

“There’s competition with all companies,” Waad said. “If you have a good service, people will come to you.”

Many students said they are excited about the prospect of having services like Uber in the area.

Jessica Lamazor, an undeclared freshman, said she thinks ride-sharing companies will be beneficial for students but could hurt local cab drivers.

“I think it’s great for students,” Lamazor said. “It probably won’t work out so well for the cab drivers now unless they become Uber drivers, because Uber is definitely more convenient and potentially cheaper.”

Noelle Wong, a sophomore majoring in linguistics, said having these companies will be beneficial because it will lead to more accountability for drivers.

“As a student, I definitely think that I could benefit from it,” Wong said. “I remember one time a cab driver said they would come to pick me up but never came so I think that if Uber came, I could see where the cab was and be

guaranteed it would come for me.”

According to Uber’s website, the company will be on the road in upstate New York as early as July 2017 and could potentially create 13,000 jobs.

Gabriel Mesidor, a senior majoring in economics, said he thinks ride-sharing companies provide a better option.

“I’ve used Uber in the past and I had pretty pleasant experiences,” Mesidor said.

“For students in Binghamton in particular, I think Uber or Lyft might offer an improvement over the current taxi companies in place, especially if an Uber Downtown or to the Binghamton airport would cost less than a taxi.”

DEBATE FROM PAGE 1 In addition, Jason Smith, the president of the team and a senior majoring in computer engineering, and Thomas Buttgereit, a team captain and a junior double-majoring in history and philosophy, politics and law, were both named part of the Cross Examination Debate Association’s AllAmerican Team.

Later, at the National Debate Tournament, the team won four rounds for the first time in its history. Held from March 23 to March 27, the tournament is a national championship for collegiate policy debate where the top 72 teams in the country face off.

Joseph Leeson-Schatz, BU’s debate coach and director of speech and debate, credited the team’s recent success largely to administrative support and funding. He claims that the team’s fall in position from the top ten came as a direct result of budget cuts during the 201516 season when the Student Association (SA) cut funding to the team. The SA funds a portion of the team’s budget, along with other funds from University administration.

“Without funds for an assistant coach and a consistent travel budget it is impossible to compete,” Leeson-Schatz wrote in an email. “Policy debate is both a curricular activity and a competitive sport. When you have a squad that is 20 to 30 people, and they’re all looking for five hours of meeting times per week, and people are traveling 10 weekends a year, you need an infrastructure that can support such a squad. The ability for us to enable people who have never debated before to compete while still achieving varsity success is why we end up being consistently ranked as one of the best debate programs in the nation.”

The team’s budget from the SA was restored for this season, which coincided with a return to top form.

Aside from increased funding, Buttgereit, Smith and Leeson-Schatz stated that novices Amy Williamson, a freshman majoring in philosophy, politics and law, Anita Pan and Roberto Montero contributed greatly to the team’s growth. Smith claimed that the increased funding has allowed the novice debaters to accrue more experience, which Buttgereit believes will lead to a bright future for the team.

“Our team’s success is largely due to our dedicated novices this year, and all of our new debaters who this is their first season,” Buttgereit wrote in an email. “They were a really impressive group who adapted to the activity with enthusiasm and skill that allowed them to thrive at tournaments.

Also important to mention is our freshman, who came in with high school debate experience and were instantly competitive.”

Williamson claimed that getting to witness the varsity debaters in action has proved to be a vital learning experience which has allowed for novice debaters like her to adapt and debate more freely and efficiently.

“I would contribute a majority of the success of the team, to the varsity members who work hard in perfecting their own arguments as well as helping others,” Williamson wrote in an email. “When watching our varsity debaters in action, like Jason Smith in his Octofinal Round at CEDA for example, I realized how much people really care about debate. Rounds like that teach me why debate is important and why I can’t wait to continue with the activity.”

University highlights undergrad research RESEARCH FROM PAGE 1 work.”

According to McDonald, Research Days are an integral part of the success of research at BU. “I think that all of the activities during Research Days demonstrate the range of research and creative activities that our students pursue,” McDonald said. “All undergraduates in all majors can pursue research or creative work that takes them beyond what is required in a course.

These experiences benefit them in so many ways.”

It's a moment to show each other some of our best work —Rachel Coker Director of the Division of Research

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commitment to ensuring that women’s reproductive rights are a top priority.

The Binghamton Police Department responded to a call at 8:32 a.m. on Wednesday after an assault was reported on Conklin Avenue, according to the Press and SunBulletin. The victim, 41-year-old Kenneth Richardson, was listed in critical condition with internal injuries.

Binghamton Police Department Capt. Jack Collins said that Richardson was found lying unconscious outside 62 Conklin Ave. after being slammed to the ground repeatedly.

After interviewing witness, the police searched the neighborhood and arrested 22-yearold Eric Mathis. Police said that the attack was not random and that Mathis and Richardson knew each other before the assault. Mathis was charged with assault in the second degree and was sent to Broome County Jail to await further court proceedings.

NYS Directs Funds to Mental Health Services for Children Cuomo announced on Tuesday that New York state will invest $6.5 million toward increasing mental and behavioral health services for children around the state, according to WBNG 12 News. The money will be distributed to 17 federally qualified health centers, hospital-based clinics, community health centers and private practices throughout the state for hiring of specialists who can identify behavioral or developmental health concerns. This will expand services under the HealthySteps program, which focuses on early-life visits and family screenings. Cuomo said that the plan will reach approximately 5,950 families over three years.

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New guidelines mandate coverage for fertility treatments New state guidelines from the Department of Financial Services will require that insurers in New York state will be mandated to cover fertility treatments for all people, regardless of marital status or sexual orientation, according to the Press and Sun-Bulletin. The new guidelines were announced on Wednesday, telling all insurers that they cannot limit coverage for patients who otherwise qualify for fertility-related treatments. Leslie Moran, senior vice president of the New York Health Plan Association, said that the plan was simply a reiteration of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s

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Student confesses to incidents of arson on campus SUNDAY, April 2, 11:10 a.m. — Officers responded to Marcy Hall of Mountainview College after fire alarms in the building were triggered, said Investigator Patrick Reilly of Binghamton’s New York State University Police. Upon arrival, officers found a ground-floor bulletin board in flames. The responding officers extinguished the fire. Investigators obtained video footage from the building and identified a person of interest. Officers located the suspect, a 19-year-old male student, and interviewed him.

During the course of the interview, the suspect admitted to starting the fire in Marcy Hall. The suspect also admitted to starting a bulletin board fire in Onondaga Hall of College-in-the-Woods in February, and to attempting arson in Onondaga Hall of College-in-the-Woods in November 2016. The suspect was arraigned at Vestal “After a thorough and careful review of the Town Court and has been charged allegations, the company and Bill O’Reilly have with attempted arson in the second agreed that Bill O’Reilly will not be returning to the degree. He has been placed in Broome County Jail with a bail Fox News Channel,” of $5,000 in cash or $10,000 in property. UPD conducted — 21st Century Fox, the parent company of Fox News, the investigation in in a statement on Wednesday. cooperation with New York state fire investigators.

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Bill O’Reilly, the top-rated host in cable news, has been forced out of his position as a prime-time host of Fox News, according to a statement released on Wednesday by 21st Century Fox Inc., the channel’s parent company, according to The New York Times. The channel ended its association with the conservativeleaning host after allegations against him involving sexual assault were settled. The company and O’Reilly reached settlements with five women who claimed sexual harassment or inappropriate behavior by O’Reilly, with the agreements amounting to $13 million. His departure came 2 1/2 weeks after The New York Times investigated the matter.

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Marijuana wax found in Windham Hall WEDNESDAY, April 12, 6:17 p.m. — Police discovered marijuana in Windham Hall of Mountainview College after responding to a third-floor fire alarm, Reilly said. After a fire alarm was set off in the building, officers found that a resident had accidentally triggered the alarm while microwaving food. While the resident was explaining the situation to the responding officers, he opened his freezer to show them the food he had been cooking when the alarms were triggered. When the resident opened the freezer, officers observed several packages of marijuana wax. After discussing the presence of the wax with the resident, officers determined that the wax belonged to the resident’s roommate, a 19-year-old male. Officers contacted the roommate the following day, and during the course of the interview, the roommate admitted that he owned the wax. He was charged with possession of marijuana

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in the fourth degree and was given a time ticket for Vestal Town Court.

Vehicle strikes parked car in accident SATURDAY, April 15, 9:54 a.m. — Officers were contacted after a motor vehicle accident took place in Parking Lot F, Reilly said. A 20-year-old female driver was attempting to pull her vehicle into a parking spot and struck a parked car. The driver admitted that she had misjudged the distance when pulling into the space. Officers contacted the owner of the parked vehicle, a 20-year-old female, and notified her of the incident. Both vehicles sustained minor damage.

Student tailgated, harassed by faculty member TUESDAY, April 18, 7:39 a.m. — A 21-yearold female contacted police to report an incident of harassment that took place in Parking Lot T, Reilly said.

The female stated that she had been driving on Vestal Parkway to campus when a truck began to tailgate her before passing her. When the female turned onto Glenn G. Bartle Drive, the truck was directly in front of her vehicle. After following the truck onto campus, the female stated that the truck slowed to 14 miles per hour. According to the female, the driver appeared visibly upset. She followed the vehicle to Parking Lot T, where she pulled into a parking space.

Upon exiting her vehicle, the truck pulled up near her and the driver yelled at her, telling her to “learn how to drive.” The driver asked the female “what’s your name, little girl,” and made explicit hand gestures in her direction. At this point, the female began to record the encounter using a camera on her phone because she feared that the driver of the truck might attempt to damage her vehicle. The a `truck drove away, and the female contacted the police. The female believed that the driver of the truck might have been a staff member and requested that a report be sent to human resources. Through investigation, it was determined that the driver of the truck was a 49-year-old female staff member.

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Aidy Bryant of 'SNL' to perform in Lecture Hall next Friday Brooklyn-based writer and comedian, Anna Drezen, of Reductress, will open the show Odeya Pinkus Arts & Culture Editor It may not be Saturday night, but NBC’s Aidy Bryant will be performing on campus next Friday.

The Student Association Programming Board announced today that the “Saturday Night Live” cast member will be coming to Lecture Hall 1 to do a

comedy routine.

Max Maurice, vice president of programming for the Student Association and a senior majoring in electrical engineering, said that the comedian will be doing an hourlong set.

“It’ll be a stand-up show that will be supplemented by a PowerPoint presentation she created specifically for the show,

which is exciting,” Maurice said.

Bryant has also made appearances on HBO’s “Girls” and Comedy Central’s “Broad City.”

Opening the show with a 30-minute set will be Anna Drezen, a Brooklyn-based comedian and writer for “Saturday Night Live.”

Drezen is also the editor-atlarge of the popular online satire publication, Reductress.

According to Maurice, the show will be free to make up for the canceled Natasha Leggero show in February.

Maurice said that while there was an attempt to reschedule with Leggero, it did not pan out.

“Due to this semester being jam-packed and locations already being confirmed for specific events, we weren’t able to make it

happen on her schedule,” he said.

Aidy Bryant was not on the original survey sent out to students.

“Unfortunately, we admittedly didn’t have the budget for a lot of the comedians students were asking for,” Maurice said. “As well as some comedians not being available.”

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cast members were on the survey, however, and Maurice is looking forward to a successful show with Bryant.

“I’m definitely confident in the potential pull that Aidy can — and hopefully will — bring,” Maurice said.

The show will take place on Friday, April 28 at 8 p.m. in Lecture Hall 1.

M-HOPE to Networking event connects creative types host arts event BingARTS to feature student artwork and live performances This is the second annual Positive Expression Night Hannah Ettestad Contributing Writer This Saturday at 8 p.m., Mental Health Outreach Peer Educators (M-HOPE) is hosting a Positive Expression Night at the Undergrounds Coffeehouse in the Old University Union.

The event will feature artistic performances from students looking to express themselves in a supportive environment, and students can choose what they would like to perform. This year will feature six or seven performers, with most expressing themselves through instruments such as the guitar, piano and ukulele.

This will be the second year that M-HOPE is hosting this event, but it’s the first time that Liz Walsh, a junior majoring in psychology, is the main organizer behind it.

The first Positive Expression Night open mic was designed as a final project by two M-HOPE interns

last year. Due to the turnout and positive feedback to 2016’s event, the group decided to make it an annual event.

“We love seeing the general campus population getting involved in things like this and enthusiastically participate and express themselves,” Walsh said.

The goal of the event is to allow students to have a healthy place to take a break from any stress in their lives and just perform and-or watch performances.

“Sometimes it’s easy to get wrapped up in the stress of holidays and family, preparing for finals and all the assignments we have in between,” Walsh said.

“It’s important to take a step back sometimes and do something you enjoy.”

In addition to the musical performances, there will be artwork on display from the M-HOPE Mental Health Expressions Art Walk. There will also be refreshments provided.

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Move over, School of Management; a networking event for BU’s artistic students and alumni is around the corner. The event, aptly named BingARTS, will showcase the talent of local artists and musicians from Binghamton University and the Binghamton community tonight.

BingARTS, run by the Fleishman Center for Career and Professional Development, will be

hosted by Tamara Freudenstein, a senior majoring in graphic design, and Dara Riegel, the Center’s internship and career consultant. Freudenstein said she has been interested in providing networking opportunities for artists since the conception of her startup HauteNovi, which she launched just before coming to BU. HauteNovi describes itself as a “social enterprise” that is dedicated to fostering a network of artists that allows creators to

Pipe Dream Archives Anthony Brunelli, owner of the Anthony Brunelli Art Studio on State Street, will host BingARTS on Thursday, April 20 at 6 p.m. The event aims to provide networking opportunities to artists.

seek out collaborators based on their style and skills. According to Freudenstein, HauteNovi is looking to expand to an online platform.

“What we do at networking events is give people ‘Hello, my name is:’ stickers, and instead of writing your name, you write your occupation, like ‘Hello, my name is: photographer’ or “Hello, my name is: model,’” she said.

“This web platform is going to do essentially that.”

Freudenstein’s experience with the development of her own company led her to get involved with the Center and start planning events. Last semester, she reached out to the Center with the intent of organizing a networking event for BU student artists. With Riegel’s help, she hosted a small on-campus event with a turnout of about 50 students. This semester, Riegel contacted her to ask if she was interested in hosting a similar event in Downtown Binghamton.

HauteNovi will co-sponsor the event.

Riegel had the idea of featuring student art and performances at the event and

wanted Freudenstein to help find people who might be interested in showcasing their work. The event will showcase a piece of visual art created jointly by five BU students.

Freudenstein said that the choice to hold the event in a gallery and feature live performances was made with the goal of sparking student interest in the event and inspiring them to get creative.

“I hope that people will get a sense of encouragement,” she said. “We want the music to motivate people to network.”

Although students may at first assume that the event is geared toward art majors, it is open to any student looking to meet other artists — everyone is welcome.

“It’s crazy how many students graduate with a degree in something else and end up in an art field,” Freudenstein said. “I definitely want to make sure that we’re empowering students of any major to pursue creating.”

BingARTS will be tonight from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Anthony Brunelli Art Studio on State Street. The event is free and refreshments will be served.

Freshman aims to combat mental health stigma with app

Entrepreneur Satvik Sethi came up with the concept after interactions on Instagram Gina Lee Contributing Writer One freshman is taking a new approach to combating mental illness and spreading positivity — and using social media to get the job done. Satvik Sethi has his sights set on making the world a happier place for everyone.

With prior entrepreneurial experience — including five internships at different corporations and working as chief operating officer for a startup company — and his desire to help, Sethi, a freshman majoring in business administration, is looking to develop an app called Runaway that aims to make the world a happier place. He chose the name Runaway for the app because he wants to make

it a safe place that people can run away to.

The idea for Runaway came from an experience Sethi had on Instagram.

“Three years ago, I was on Instagram late at night searching for pictures of art and poetry, and that’s when I came across an image of someone self-harming,” Sethi said. “I was really taken aback by this photo so my first response was to reach out to this person by leaving a comment on the photo. I wanted to let them know that I was there for them if they need someone to talk to.”

This was the first of many people he’s reached out to on social media, letting them know that he’s there to talk and listen to them.

“I realized that a small gesture can have a large impact on an individual,” he said.

Since then, he’s made it his goal to spread positivity and to break down the stigma around mental illnesses. He’s had about 150 such cases in which he interacted with people struggling with mental illness through social media. Sethi, an international student from India, continues to find these people by looking through hashtags. These people are from all around the world in places like Australia, India, Sweden, South America and the United States.

About a year ago, Sethi realized that he wanted to reach out to people on a bigger scale, but it was too time-consuming to do alone. That’s when he came

up with the Runaway app.

Sethi hasn’t yet started developing the app itself, as he wants to first work on increasing awareness on mental health, but the app’s sketches and plans are ready to be executed. The app is set to be released in 2018.

Until the app’s release, Sethi’s goal is to reach out to the many organizations around campus to organize events that will promote mental health positivity and break down the stigma around mental illness. For instance, there is an open mic night scheduled for this fall, focused on mental health awareness with the Poetry Society and Ellipsis.

Before working on Runaway, Sethi admits that he had no idea that the University’s counseling services existed. Sethi wants

to make sure that students and employees are aware of the various counseling services and resources that are available.

“I want to get the word out about Runaway but also get to teach people how to properly help peers with different types of mental illnesses,” Sethi said. “I also want to emphasize that it’s not a bad thing to be mentally ill, as it can happen to anyone.”

Specifically on the Runaway website, there will be a “positivity zone” that will have things to help people feel happy — things like positive art, quotes, happy music, self-care tips and video seminars on how to help and feel better.

Sethi says he hopes Runaway will offer accessible and immediate help and support

from trained volunteers.

“Anyone is welcome to join team Runaway and we don’t call ourselves professionals,” he said. “We’re simply being a friend.”

Mary Golden, a junior doublemajoring in English and music, hopes the app will help prevent self-harm.

“For people with mental health issues like me, Runaway is going to save lives in a revolutionary way,” Golden said.

“I wish I had this when I was going through the worst years of my life.”

To find more information about the app and get involved, there is an Instagram account (@ runaway.app), a Facebook page (@runawayapp) and a website (www.runawayapp.com).

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The wage gap goes far beyond choices

Response to Brian Deinstadt's column dismissing the wage gap; societal forces temper equity Sarah Saad

Columnist

In a chain of responses, columnist Brian Deinstadt expressed what he believes to be the simple explanation sharing the variations found within the gender gap: “The wage gap narrative fails to include the monumental significance of choices. Unsurprisingly, men’s and women’s choices vary immensely when it comes to their careers.”

He bravely acknowledged the gap, and further justified the existence of the gap due to the variation in choices found between men and women. Women just naturally find positions that pay less

more appealing, right? Not quite.

What Brian fails to acknowledge is why these choices are being made.

Men and women differ — yes, this is true. In Western society, men are generally found to be more skilled in scientific fields, and women obtain a stronger sense of emotional intelligence, therefore encouraging some women to enter fields that typically obtain lower annual wages and allowing men to enter fields that have greater pay, such as medicine or engineering. Some women choose to stay at home and start families, and that is great, but there is a trend to all of this, one that can be traced back to how we are socialized.

Psychologist Albert Bandura’s social learning theory posits that we are who we are because of the

people who surround us. We learn from the people we interact with through observation, exchanges and praise. When we conform to what we are taught, our transitions within society are much smoother, for there are fewer barriers to overcome. Gender schemas are developed, allowing us to equate certain genders with specific behaviors.

Rather than thinking about what we should be doing, and how we should be acting, it subconsciously pushes us into certain categories.

Sometimes, it is productive, but most of the time it is limiting.

What I would challenge Brian, and others who believe that women are choosing fields that pay less, with is the question of whether or not women naturally find an appeal in

these occupations over men, or if women are being socialized into certain fields.

The social learning theory is only a small factor as to why women are “choosing” these positions.

Since it is still generally believed that women should be caring for their children, many are forced out of the work field because of childcare expenses, or the lack of flexibility most full-time jobs allow.

This puts them completely behind, lacking the ability to rejoin the work force and excel into more prestigious positions. With that, the “motherhood penalty” was coined by sociologists due to the fact that women with children are statistically more likely to receive disadvantages in wages and benefits and be perceived as more low-

achieving due to the fact that they have children, and the expectation that they might need time off to care for their family.

Women are viewed as domestic figures, and when they choose to step outside of that role, they are met with various barriers. For them to gain positions of power, they need to overcome both the stigma that they are weak, but also not “be a bitch” and they need to be “feminine” while proving their masculinity.

Meanwhile, men are praised for being dominant, encouraging this type of aggressive behavior until they reach the top.

Our gender is only one part of who we are. We also carry our economic status, our religious status, and our racial and ethnic status which all obtain various stigmas. As we live in

an intersectional world, it appears as though our identities all influence the way we interact and excel in the society we live in. It is statistically proven that women of color make significantly less than white males annually.

The gender pay gap is complex, but its root is simple. We live in a predominantly white, patriarchal society that has shaped the way each of our institutions interact.

Therefore, when we challenge concepts such as the gender pay gap, it is important to recognize that when it comes to gender equity, some things are not choices.

— Sarah Saad is a senior double-majoring in human development and women, gender and sexuality studies.

'The wage gap is a disheartening reality' Letter to the editor in response to Deinstadt's 4/3 column Before I make any argument, I would like to clarify my point of view should not carry as much weight as a woman’s, since women are confronted with the situation where they earn less than a male counterpart for equal work every day.

As stated in headlines across the news and proclaimed by feminists and democratic representatives, women in America make only 80 cents for every dollar a man earns.

Contrary to some belief, the wage gap is real, with sound statistics behind it. According to Eurostat, a European database, women in the EU earned an average of 16.3% less than men

per hour.

In Brian Deinstadt’s 4/3 article on the wage gap being a myth, he said the 80% calculation “fails to consider the various… educations and job tenures of men and women”. According to a study published by the American Association of University Women using data from the U.S. Census Bureau, women with a bachelors or an advanced degree make 26% less money per week than a man with the same degree. In all educational degrees, women are faced with the wage gap.

Deinstadt claims the wage gap was created “to fulfill a political narrative”. Lower and middle class women across the world

brought attention to this issue in order to have equal pay, not political gain. Deinstadt oversimplifies the cause of the wage gap, claiming it stems from “dissimilar vocational choices”.

At a basic level, yes. An executive on Wall Street would obviously make more money than a nurse. What he fails to grasp is the underlying cause of the wage gap. There is a reason business is a predominantly male profession, while teaching and nursing are predominantly female.

These conceptions date back to the Market Revolution in the 1830’s, when the men worked

Leading by stepping back Laissez-faire leadership helps groups thrive Kristen DiPietra

Columnist

Throughout our four years in college, many of us will gain experience leading student organizations in some capacity. Our preconceptions of what it means to be a leader may be clouded by irate restaurant owners or overworked camp counselors, neither of whom place sufficient trust in their teenage subordinates.

There are several fundamental differences between a boss and a leader: a boss can ascribe blame onto others, micromanage, be manipulative and intimidate workers into doing what they want. A leader is someone who understands how people work. Often, the word leader is synonymous with boss — someone who achieves their goals through whatever means possible, someone who works above, not with, their employees.

In 1939, psychologist Kurt Lewin identified three major leadership styles — authoritarian, democratic and laissez-faire — finding that children led in an arts and crafts project responded best to democratic leadership.

Since then, leadership style has expanded to a spectrum, ranging from authoritarian to laissez-faire leadership. Many of these styles overlap and include leaders who possess a hybrid of introverted and extroverted traits.

It may well be that few of us have ever had the experience of working under laissez-faire leadership.

Laissez-faire leadership requires a base level of trust and competency from employees, which then enables a leader to step back and allow their employees to control not only the product or service, but the process involved in this production.

In her biography “Bossypants,” Tina Fey writes, “In most cases, being a good boss means hiring talented people and then getting out of their way.” In my view, an effective leader is concerned with creating a good product. A great leader prioritizes the process behind this production, yielding a creative and satisfying technique that workers revel in throughout the journey, not just when the task is over.

However, a laissez-faire attitude may not always be viable for college students. The director of a studentrun play will have to exert more authority over their actors to yield the best possible performance.

A sports team will always need a captain to keep players focused with the ability to discipline players who do not follow regulations. But students may find it most effective to avoid pulling rank over other students their same age. In other words, don’t be a jerk to the same kids you party with on the weekends.

Whether it is true or not, there may be an underlying assumption from higher-ups that college students need greater coercion to stay on task, or that they cannot handle certain responsibilities. I’ve seen college students treat their peers in the same manner. Some students believe they must coerce discipline from their subordinates by being in complete control — demanding, not asking, tasks and deadlines to be met or not working with their peers to accomplish a goal.

On the other hand, college is an environment in which laissez-faire leadership thrives. Many e-boards run by students embrace an attitude that is inclusive, egalitarian and selfsufficient. Students handle budgets, projects, deadlines and clients just like in the real world, yet they don’t boss around students who are their same age. In my experience, some e-board members refuse to invoke

the authority they’ve been given unless it’s necessary. Some students find it difficult to reprimand their peers or be less than sympathetic to others’ situations.

It’s tempting to trust or even vote for the person with the most confidence. Surely, they’ll be able to achieve what needs to be done because they advertise their motivation so well. But confidence can also undermine other people’s skills, ideas and contributions, allowing a leader’s position to eclipse another’s simply because “they know best.” Being in a higher position does not make anyone immune from the criticism and shortcomings every professional should face. Perhaps in a college election, voting for the person you’d prefer to have a beer with is indicative of who you would prefer for the job.

— Kristen DiPietra is a junior double-majoring in English and human development.

Perhaps in a college election, voting for the person you'd have a beer with is indicative of who you would prefer for the job

in business and the women were trained for domestication. Some still inadvertently believe this today, as we found out recently with Mike Pence.

Vice President Pence, in 2002 at least, refused to dine alone with a woman or attend parties serving alcohol without his wife present. The man must have a way with the ladies, if he is scared that every interaction with a woman has the potential for breaking his wedding vows.

Let’s say Pence was a salesman, not a politician. He would theoretically go out to lunch or golf with his boss and fellow salesmen (note the use of salesMEN). If his coworkers

were women, he might feel uncomfortable around them, solely based on their gender, not their intellect or diligence.

Pence will build relationships and advance his career with his buddies, while the women will be ignored.

Hence, if other men act like Pence, an unwelcoming environment is created for women. Men will become the dominant gender in the field.

This trend can be applied to other professions, like engineering or certain specialties in the medical field. Girls will grow up with the impression of certain jobs being for men and others for women.

Therefore, a wage gap is created,

with men taking better paying jobs than women.

The concept of women being paid less because they choose lower paying fields is a dangerous and ignorant delusion. For decades, men have created environments detrimental to the workplace success of women, creating the Glass Ceiling, a barrier to the advancement of women in the workplace. We, as a society, should unite to eliminate this injustice done to women, not squabble like politicians on Capitol Hill.

Nicholas Walker Freshman Biomedical Engineer Host of Alternative Facts, WHRW radio show

Supporting survivors We must reconsider use of the term 'victim' Kara Bilello

Columnist

According to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), 23.1 percent of female and 5.4 percent of male undergraduate college students experience sexual assault or rape.

Merely being a female college-age student makes someone three times more likely than all women to experience this trauma, based on an analysis by the network.

April is National Sexual Assault Awareness Month, but unfortunately, awareness efforts have not stimulated as much conversation as they should.

To many, the issue of sexual violence remains stigmatized and thus prone to taboo and harmful silence on the topic despite its pervasive nature.

One underlying factor that contributes to the exacerbation of this silence is the use of the term “victim” rather than “survivor.”

“Victim” is a term that is used for those who have had something happen to them, something outside of their control; it is used frequently in situations of trauma, natural disasters and physical violence.

In that respect, “victim” also implies a power difference, that whatever force or person that caused the trauma must have been stronger than the one who suffered it. This is counterintuitive; if we are encouraging the survivors to keep moving through every day, why are we using a term that keeps us focused on the past event? It is important for

the individual to take time to acknowledge the fact that they were violated and hurt, both as legal fact and emotional validation; however, it is also necessary to focus on the future.

In doing so, we are focusing on the crime rather than the survivor’s strength and healing.

In addition, by calling someone who has experienced sexual assault a “victim,” we risk that individual blaming themselves.

Merely the word association can cause survivors to internalize additional pain upon themselves.

The problem lies in the fact that most nonprofits and associations raising awareness use the term “victim” of sexual violence rather than “survivor.”

Even the laws themselves use this term: the Crime Victim Compensation Act and the Victims of Crime Act are helpful resources, but phrased in a patronizing manner.

The term “survivor” is empowering; it reminds the individual that he or she made it through a horrible trauma. It hands the power back to them, when the situation took it away.

A person who has experienced sexual violence is worth more than the crime that happened to them. We do not need to place the survivor in a label that will remind them of their experience; instead, we need to honor the individual and what he or she overcame.

Just like how survivors of car accidents get out of the car and put in hard work to move on, survivors of sexual violence are focused on their recoveries. In using the empowering term that highlights their resilience, we help them to do so by reframing the narrative from one of helplessness to one of incredible strength.

We need to be conscious of this small, yet powerful linguistic distinction. Even the best-intended awareness campaigns will be ineffective if they do not recognize the role of the survivor in the equation, and actively work to change perceptions of those affected by sexual assault.

The University has several resources designed to help victims of sexual assault: first, the Dean of Students Office provides a team of case managers available to meet with students in order to provide empowering options and resources, and an advocate, Doris Cheung, whose role it is to support the survivor. Along the same line, the Interpersonal Violence Protection Program serves as a network to connect survivors to additional support services, as well as raise awareness. Each of these resources use either the term “survivor” or “student” to refer to the general public.

Nowhere does the word “victim” appear.

It is key moving forward to empower survivors of trauma.

They are people often going through extreme emotional pain, with an overwhelming amount of responsibilities. All students receive information on affirmative consent at freshman orientation, but more is needed: We need daily, visible reminders, such as the Bearcats Don’t Stand By campaign by Real Education About College Health, spread throughout campus.

Most importantly, students need to take responsibility: It is everyone’s job to ensure that their peers feel safe and supported.

— Kara Bilello is a sophomore majoring in English.

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Question & answer with US Olympian Joe Maloy Triathlete discusses mental preparations of training, experiences at 2016 Rio Summer Olympics Samuel Ditchek Pipe Dream Sports

On Wednesday night, 2016 Olympic triathlete Joe Maloy fielded questions about his storybook career and appearance at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

He represented the United States in 23 different countries and on six different continents before retiring after the Olympics.

His talk focused on mental preparation and the importance of perseverance.

Pipe Dream: Talk about the Olympic qualifier race and what was going through your mind.

Joe Maloy: The Olympic qualifying race in mid-May in Japan was definitely one of the most interesting days of my life.

For me the hardest part was worrying about things that were out of my control. I was worried about a bike crash taking me out, I was worried about a flat tire … then I realized — and this was the most difficult part — I had to left that stuff go. I couldn’t perform and do the things I needed to do if I was worried about all of this …

PD: Back in your training in Philadelphia, you said that you had a not-so-good race. You said changed something so that the next year you were third, second

and first. What was that change?

JM: I realized I needed to change something but I didn’t know what … something wasn’t right and I wasn’t having fun. I decided to give myself a couple of months where I got in touch with an old swim coach. I asked him if he would be open to an old guy coming to swim with his high school team. It was an opportunity for me to do what I believe I needed to do. It was to surround myself with people who were where I wanted to be.

PD: When you get on the Olympic team, especially the triathlon, don’t they have a sports psychologist that are going to work with you specifically to get into that mindset or flow where you have no external or internal influences?

JM: There is access to those resources, but they are not forced upon you. [Flow-type research] is basically the idea that we have two traditional frames of thought. One is unconscious: what happens we are just existing, like we’re sleeping … we are kind of just reacting. Two is conscious: it’s where we’re responding to things, we’re thinking, we’re taking actions, we’re aware of what we are doing.

Flow argues that there is a state of consciousness that is above

Kevin Paredes/Photography Editor Olympic triathlete Joe Maloy shares his experiences competing at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics.

both of those things. It speaks to athletes when a basketball player makes 10 shots in a row and people ask what he was thinking and he says he was just in a zone. We are not very good at

understanding how to get there.

The truth of it is, [the zone] is something that is individual and unique to everybody.

PD: How did you overcome some disappointments in

placements?

JM: It’s important to not beat yourself up in the moment. It’s important to recognize what’s happening and that’s the aspect of you that wants to improve.

You should greet that with enthusiasm. You should see the opportunity in that situation. I think it’s important to recognize what’s wrong and recognize what you believe you can improve.

Binghamton downs Marist Bearcats fall to Great Danes BASEBALL FROM PAGE A8 day batting 1-for-4, adding one

when freshman pitcher Justin Drpich got himself into a jam.

With runners on first and third, senior pitcher Nicholas Liegi was called upon to preserve the lead. After allowing an RBI single, Liegi got through the inning to keep Binghamton ahead. Junior pitcher Dylan Stock came in the following inning to close out the game.

He breezed through the Red Foxes’ lineup, tallying two strikeouts in a perfect inning as he recorded his third save.

While Binghamton did not play at its best, it received key contributions from unlikely names. Tsukroff finished the

RBI and a run scored in only his third start of the year. Meduri batted 2-for-4 with one RBI in his first career start.

“Today I decided to play a handful of reserves and see what they can do,” Sinicki said.

“I don’t think we played as hard as we’re capable of playing, or as hard as we played on the weekend, but without the regulars, I was happy to get a win.”

The Bearcats are set to resume AE play this weekend in a two-game series against Maine. First pitch is scheduled for noon on Saturday from the Bearcats Sports Complex in Vestal, New York.

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What we did with eight different pitchers today was a pretty good effort — Tim Sinicki BU head coach

double-teaming some guys and we tried to dodge the double a little bit,” McKeown said.

“Albany obviously is a great team and they were better than us tonight.”

The loss drops Binghamton to third in the AE standings and guarantees Albany at least a share of the regular-season conference championship.

A bright spot for the Bearcats was their play on the defensive end. Albany junior attack Connor Fields came into the game ranked first in the nation in both goals (3.73) and points per game (7.18).

BU senior defender Garrett

Waldron, who was tasked with defending Fields during the game, got the better of the nation’s top scorer — holding him to only one goal, which came via an empty net and two assists.

“We watched about four or five games on [Albany] and I thought Garrett defended him better than anyone else I’ve seen,” McKeown said. “That was an All-American like effort from [Garrett].”

As a unit, the defense held the nation’s top scoring team, which averages 15.91 goals per game, to just 10 goals. It was just the second time Albany had scored 10 or fewer goals this season.

Senior goaltender Tanner Cosens

made seven saves, including two key saves in the second quarter to keep BU in the game.

“For as much as they had the ball, to hold them to nine goals six on six, and then we gave up the one empty net,” McKeown said. “I thought we played really well defensively.”

With only two games remaining in the season, the Bearcats will look to regroup and return to winning form.

Next up for the Bearcats is No. 1 Syracuse, before they return to conference play in their season finale against Stony Brook.

Faceoff for Saturday’s game against Syracuse is scheduled for 2 p.m. from the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York.

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GREAT DANES' GAME Albany defense stymies men's lacrosse in 10-4 loss Kyle McDonald Assistant Sports Editor

With the ball in the offensive end and a 2-1 lead early in the second quarter, the Binghamton men’s lacrosse team had all the momentum.

But a quick turnover led to a pivotal fastbreak goal for Albany. The fifth-ranked Great Danes (10-2, 5-0 America East) closed out the up-and-down quarter with a two-goal lead and never looked back.

The Bearcats (9-3, 3-2 AE)

were blanked in the second half, falling, 10-4. The loss marks their second straight loss following their eightgame winning streak.

“I thought the effort that our guys gave was awesome,” said BU head coach Kevin McKeown. “The difference in the game was their goalie and the faceoff play.”

The Bearcats’ offensive struggles continued, and they only managed to find the back of the net four times. After averaging 11.2 goals in its first

10 games, BU has managed just 10 goals in the last two contests combined.

Albany redshirt junior goaltender JD Colarusso was the key to the Great Danes’ defensive effort. He came up with a game-high 13 saves.

“Their goalie came up with some really big saves,” McKeown said. “I thought we did a good job offensively of generating some looks and we had some nice opportunities but [we] just weren’t able to can them.”

Redshirt senior attack Tom Moore, Binghamton’s top scorer, was shut down again in the loss. Moore notched two key goals for BU, but was stifled by Albany’s pressure all night. Albany’s defense directed most of its attention on Moore, forcing BU’s other scorers to produce. That strategy proved successful, as the Great Danes allowed a season low in goals against.

“They did a good job

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Jonathan Flores/Contributing Photographer Senior defender Garrett Waldron held Albany’s top scorer, junior attack Connor Fields, to just three goals.

Binghamton sweeps Buffalo Timely hitting leads to game-two comeback

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Photo provided by BU Athletics Junior catcher Jason Agresti paced the Bearcats on Tuesday, batting 2-for-3 in a 3-1 win over Marist.

BU's win streak hits four Bullpen, bench play key role in 3-1 victory

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The Binghamton baseball team showcased its depth on Tuesday, using several reserves and nearly its entire bullpen in a 3-1 victory against Marist.

The win extended the Bearcats’ streak to four, putting them 10 games over .500 for the first time since 2010.

Using eight pitchers, the Bearcats (17-7, 6-2 America East) stifled the Red Foxes’ (17-15, 7-5 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) offense repeatedly while providing valuable playing time to the team’s younger players. After a weekend of starters pitching deep into games and limiting opportunities for relief pitchers,

Binghamton flipped its strategy against a nonconference opponent.

“It’s important to get everybody on the mound,” said BU head coach Tim Sinicki. “I like to get everyone in there for [one or two] innings … and what we did with eight different pitchers today was a pretty good effort.”

Against Marist, the Bearcats’ offense produced just enough runs to earn the win. In the bottom of the first, Binghamton jumped out to an early lead after junior shortstop Paul Rufo scored off of a Marist error. In the bottom of the fifth, backto-back doubles by sophomore third baseman Matt Tsukroff and sophomore right fielder Anthony Meduri extended

Binghamton’s lead to three.

Binghamton gave up chance after chance to build a more sizable lead, leaving a total of 14 runners on base.

“You can’t take fastballs in those situations, and we took way too many fastballs,” Sinicki said. “We have to do a better job with our approach when it comes down to [having] runners on third base with less than two outs. We just didn’t execute that very well.”

Despite the offense failing to capitalize on its opportunities, the Bearcats’ collective pitching performance handed the team a manageable lead throughout the game. Five relievers took a shutout into the seventh inning,

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Down by one in the bottom of the sixth, the Binghamton softball team scored five runs in the sixth inning to secure a 6-2 win and a doubleheader sweep over Buffalo on Tuesday afternoon. The Bearcats (15-19) won the first game, 3-2.

“I thought we took advantage of some mistakes they made,” said BU head coach Michelle Johnston. “We were looking to be a little more productive early on in the games. As far as scoring runs, we didn’t come out with an attack mentality.”

Junior first baseman Jillian Bovitt knocked in two runs with a triple in the second inning, which decided the first game. Her lone hit put the Bearcats up, 3-1, a lead they never relinquished.

Freshman starting pitcher Rozlyn Price was credited with the win after holding Buffalo to three hits and one unearned run.

She was relieved by sophomore pitcher Makenzie Goluba, who pitched two innings. Sophomore pitcher Allison Pritchard earned the save after pitching the sixth inning.

“I’m just working for my team [by] trying to hit singles and get on base,” Bovitt said.

“That way the top of the lineup can work through with me. It’s honestly kind of nice being at the bottom of the lineup; it’s not a lot of pressure, and I get to see everyone else’s at bats first.”

Buffalo sophomore pitcher Bobbi Langlois allowed just one run in five innings pitched, but began to struggle late. Freshman pinch runner Stephanie Ragusa stole second and junior infielder Kate Richard hit a single with one out in the bottom of the six.

Senior right fielder Bridget Hunt laid down a bunt for a single.

Hunt then stole second on a defensive indifference, and senior shortstop Crysti Eichner hit a sac fly to left field that scored Ragusa and Hunt due to a Buffalo error, giving the Bearcats a one-run advantage.

After going down 2-0 in the first inning, the Bearcats’ pitching staff forced tough at bats early with senior designated hitter Gabby Bracchi working a leadoff walk and stealing second to put herself in position to score off junior center fielder Jessica Rutherford’s single. This early aggressive play, combined with freshman pitcher Rayn Gibson’s pitching performance, set the table for the Bearcats’ five-run sixth inning.

“Our team is just working

really well together; we’re really good at rallying at the last moment,” Bracchi said. “We’re really working for each other out there.”

Senior Shelby Donhauser won the second game after pitching two scoreless innings in the fifth and six. She struck out one and allowed no hits. The Bearcats’ five pitchers combined for 10 strikeouts and just one earned run.

“We were looking to come back and respond after the weekend against UMass Lowell, and it was good to see them do that,” Johnston said.

The Bearcats are set to play a three-game series against Hartford with this weekend. First pitch is set for Saturday at 1 p.m. from the Hartford Softball Field in West Hartford, Connecticut.

Katherine Scott/Pipe Dream Photographer Junior infielder Jillian Bovitt batted in two runs, including the game-winning run, in Binghamton’s first win over Buffalo on Tuesday.

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We are proud to present Pipe Dream’s 2017 Drug Issue. On our annual drug survey, we asked about everything from marijuana to acid, and students didn’t shy away from being honest. Some crazy stories were divulged: sex on acid, weed cookies in Barcelona and road trips with blunts.

But what was more interesting was the data we collected about the drug habits of BU students. While many answers weren’t so shocking by any means — more than 80 percent of students have tried marijuana and fewer than 5 percent of students have tried heroin — others were more telling.

Enjoy the survey results below, as well as our drug-related content — we hope you think it’s dope.

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Harpur's Ferry responders trained for drug-related incidents Student-run ambulance service says 20 percent of calls received involve substance abuse Georgia Westbrook Assistant Arts & Culture Editor “I got addicted.”

Stephen Baumgarten, the first assistant chief and deputy director for the agency and a first-year graduate student studying public affairs, isn’t talking about drugs — he’s talking about working for Harpur’s Ferry, Binghamton University’s student-run ambulance service.

Baumgarten works closely with Chief and Executive Director Meir Berkman, a senior majoring in philosophy, politics and law, to supervise the student responders.

According to Berkman, the agency responds to a range of calls related to drugs and alcohol, and sometimes, what seems to be some other kind of call will end up involving drugs too. “[Our call volume] ranges anywhere from people who are just kind of awake and oriented and kind of concerned about the fact that they drank too much to people who are unconscious and barely breathing, sometimes, who drank too much,” Berkman said. “Within those calls, oftentimes or sometimes, we’ll find out during the course of treatment that there were other drugs involved.”

Berkman estimates that around 20 percent of the calls that Harpur’s Ferry responds to involve drugs or alcohol, though it can be hard to pin

down an exact figure for a few reasons. Patients don’t always tell responders what drugs they have used, either because they are afraid of negative repercussions or because they are unresponsive. In addition, responders generally only record the symptoms that patients exhibit, rather than a specific drug that was taken.

“Regardless of what type of drug somebody has abused, if they’re in trouble and they’re displaying some sort of a symptom, we treat that symptom, and so if they’re having difficulty breathing, we treat the difficulty breathing,” Berkman said. “If they’re unconscious, we try to figure out and deal with the fact they’re unconscious by treating that in a specific way. There are a few times where we treat specific drugs specific ways, so Narcan [for opiates] is a good example of that.”

Baumgarten added that responders generally treat symptoms associated with two kind of drugs: depressants and stimulants.

“Depressants slow your body down, stimulants speed them up, and so extremes of those can cause a lot of problems, so we kind of teach our providers to look at those two things, and determine which path it’s going down and kind of how to correct that,” Baumgarten said.

Because Harpur’s Ferry is part of the Broome County Emergency Medical Services

Mutual Aid Plan, they can be called upon to respond throughout the county when other agencies are unable to.

This puts them into contact with more than just the student population, and though Berkman said that opiate calls are uncommon on campus, Harpur’s Ferry responders are trained to use Narcan to respond to heroin overdoses and similar calls, which are more common in places like the city of Binghamton.

The types of drugs Harpur’s Ferry responds to changes during the course of the semester. Alcohol calls, for example, are more common at the beginning of the semester, when course loads are lighter.

The agency receives more calls relating to study drugs and caffeine during midterms and finals.

“When it comes to finals week or midterms, we will oftentimes treat people who’ve now had their eighth Red Bull and sixth cup of coffee over a two-hour period, and now they’re complaining that their heart’s racing, and they’re not wrong, it probably is racing, and those are dangerous things too,” Berkman said. “We’ll [also] see Adderall, and we’ll see Xanax and medications that you would think are consistent with things people would take to either calm themselves down or help them focus more.”

This trend of self-medicating

Provided by Harpur's Ferry Harpur’s Ferry EMTs train to be prepared in medical emergencies, some which include drug abuse.

with study drugs is consistent with patterns across the county.

The Center on Young Adult Health and Development at the University of Maryland found that 31 percent of college students have used such drugs for nonmedical reasons, and Baumgarten said that Harpur’s Ferry responders see many calls in which these drugs are related to academic pressure. “[We] see those study drugs are really — a lot of the times

— tied with mental health and people being really, really stressed out around finals time, and taking those drugs and not taking care of their mental health,” he said. “That’s another kind of trend we see.”

Berkman and Baumgarten stressed that their responders are instructed to get as much information from the patient without incriminating them, and that even though police often accompany their ambulances on

a call, it is more to ensure the safety of responders, patients and bystanders than anything else. Anyone who calls Harpur’s Ferry is protected by New York state’s 911 Good Samaritan Law, which promotes the safety of all parties over the prosecution of anyone for drug possession or underage use of alcohol.

“We treat the patient and we don’t judge the patient,” Berkman said. “We’re very serious about that.”

Cannabis offers more than just a way to get high

From hand creams to clothing, these hemp-based products are worth trying out Rachel Greenspan Assistant Arts & Culture Editor While hemp doesn’t make you high, the cannabis-based plant can affect your body in other ways. Hemp is popular as a component of textiles, foods and lotions. As the plant does contain THC, albeit a small amount, the legality of it remains a bit murky, but it is stateregulated. Today, companies that can produce hemp-infused products legally are thriving. If you’re looking to try cannabis in a legal, simple and easy way, enjoy Pipe Dream’s list of hemp products that you can get your hands on.

Hemp in moisturizer You’ve seen it on Instagram, you’ve seen it on YouTube — maybe you can see it in your own bathroom. Hemp-infused moisturizers are trending, and it’s not just because of 420. While a hemp-infused moisturizer is not going to be the cheapest on the market, it’s actually better for your skin

than many traditional lotions on the market. These products are made from hempseed oil, which is incredibly high in vitamin E and helps with the growth of skin tissue, making it great for cracked skin. It also contains vitamin C, which will brighten the skin.

Another benefit to hempbased moisturizers and lotions is that they dry faster on the skin. If you’re moisturizing your face, the last thing you want is that sticky residue, especially if you’re applying makeup right after.

Some brands that make these products are exclusively hemprelated, like Hempz, but others like The Body Shop just decided to experiment with hemp. For The Body Shop, the choice paid off: its hemp hand cream is one of its best-selling items.

Pipe Dream’s moisturizer picks: Hempz Original Herbal Body Moisturizer, $23, Ulta The Body Shop Hemp Hand Protector, $20, Ulta

Hemp in clothing Grown as a fiber instead of a seed, the hemp plant is often used in textile making. Hemp has been used for centuries, often for rope and sails, but today, hemp is very popular in clothing, and many even prefer hemp over cotton as a fabric.

While many people also think hemp, as a fabric, is better for the environment than cotton, there is no conclusive data. A 2005 study by the Stockholm Environment Institute that compared hemp with cotton and polyester found that we can’t be sure if hemp requires less land, water and energy than the other textiles. Regardless, it’s a popular fabric for clothing because of its soft texture.

Companies like Nomads Hemp Wear are taking advantage of the reputation of cannabis: “Taking hemp from hippy to hip one shirt at a time,” their website reads.

Pipe Dream’s clothing picks: Women’s or men’s short sleeve hemp tee by Jungmaven,

$48, jungmaven.com Decker 5 Panel hat, in sand or black, by Times Hemp Company, $30, timeshempcompany.com Hemp in food Similar to acai, hempseed is a superfood that contains a high amount of protein. The seeds can be eaten raw, added to smoothies and shakes or pressed into milk; the options are almost endless. Essentially, you can add the tasteless seeds into anything, which is great for vegans and vegetarians looking to add protein to their diet.

Products like hemp milk and hemp butter that need more processing to achieve their flavor and desired texture are sold commercially in many grocery stores, so if you’re not amazing in the kitchen, you don’t need to try and make your own.

Pipe Dream’s food picks: Pacific Foods Hemp NonDairy Beverage, $3.39, Target Nutiva Organic Raw Shelled Hempseed, $7.99, Vitamin Shoppe

Kevin Paredes/Photography Editor Hemp-infused lotion is a legal way to join in on the 420 festivities.

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Please select which drugs you have used:

Of all of the drugs listed here, are Of the drugs listed here, are there any there any you would never try? you haven’t tried, but would like to?

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At what age did you first experiment with an illegal drug?

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First encounter with drugs

I was smoking with my best friend and cousin. My mom taught us how to do it because she thought I would be safer if I learned to smoke with her than with somebody else.

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19 (7.17%)

15 (14.35%)

20 (1.94%)

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21 (1.94%)

17 (12.26%)

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Craziest trip or experience with drugs

I was 16 and I wanted to smoke weed with my cousins, but I was so nervous that I told my mom what we went to my cousin’s apartment and I smoked for the first time. Then I came home high and my mom thought I was dying.

The first time I did drugs wasn’t interesting. So I’ll focus on my first time eating a weed brownie. I ate two-thirds of one by myself, and got wine drunk because I didn’t think it worked. By the time it hit, I was in the elevator talking to a residential assistant. I said some crazy string of words including “lit,” “bro” and “retroactive interference.” He’s never looked at me the same.

Younger than 13 (4.33%)

I fucked a chocolate milk carton.

I thought I saw Edward Snowden and Medusa in the Nature Preserve.

One time when I took a hit from a bong I got more high than I ever had in my entire life. I listened to Ed Sheeran and ate a yogurt. It was the most sensual yogurteating experience ever. I felt like I was inside of the cow.

I walked through a group of LARPers in the Nature Preserve on two tabs. They split on both sides of the path to let us through like Moses through the Red Sea. They raised their weapons as we walked through and the camaraderie flowed through my spine. Soon after passing them, we heard war cries and looked across the marsh as two giant groups of warriors clashed. It was one of the most amazing things I’ve seen.

The following stories were submitted by Binghamton University students anonymously for Pipe Dream’s 2017 drug survey.

Responses have been edited minimally for grammar and clarity.

When the weed grows in Binghamton

Pipe Dream sits down with student, self-proclaimed drug supplier to talk tricks of the trade Alexandra Mackof News Editor Alone in an empty classroom after hours, no one would suspect that the student diligently doing homework also regularly sells quarter-pounds of homegrown marijuana. Pipe Dream sat down with a student who wished to remain anonymous, but said he prefers the title of supplier to that of dealer.

“I’m totally cool with people doing drugs,” he said. “But they need to be educated about it.”

On a regular basis, the student just sticks to selling weed that he grows in the Binghamton area and back at home.

“Anything else is a one-time big deal usually,” he said. “Or considering I have some leftover MDMA, I guess I sell that too.”

He got involved growing weed primarily when his dad approached him about the idea at random. His family, he said, knows everything about what he does.

“My dad was flipping through channels and there was some weed documentary,” he said.

“He turned to me and said, ‘Why don’t you put a couple of plants in the garden this year?’”

Categorizing his parents as “really straight-going people,” he said calling dealing a family

business would be “really weird.” But he did add that his dad grew weed in the 1970s and his mom sold weed throughout high school.

Because he said he “doesn’t put any effort into it,” his clientele is made up of students only. He does not get approached by locals and mainly sells to friends.

“I don’t send out texts or anything like that, I just wait for people to ask me — I don’t want to be known,” he said. “There are some people who you know to go to for weed. I don’t do that, also because I don’t sell in small amounts really.”

When handling drugs other than weed, he said he acts as a middleman. Since he’s “the only person who understands bitcoins, somehow,” he orders drugs for people for personal use or to deal.

“I’ll usually take a cut, and maybe they know that or they don’t,” he said. “I have sold acid, mushrooms, MDMA, 2-FMA, Vyvanse, etizolam, deschloroketamine, mexedrone, DMT, methoxetamine and 3-MeO-PCP. That’s everything from last year.”

Three questions later, he stopped mid-sentence: “Flubromazepam. I also sold that recently.”

While that list may be long,

there are still some substances he refuses to supply.

“I won’t deal with coke,” he said. “In part, it’s because of the cost. But I really don’t support the trade and exploitation of Peruvian, Bolivian and Colombian farmers.”

But his reasons are not only ethical. “The people involved with coke are also usually pretty shitty,” he said. “And it’s dangerous.”

Opiates and Xanax, specifically, are also on his nofly list. Pressed Xanax, he said, can look like a 2-milligram pill but will really contain 3.5 milligrams.

The difference between two and 3.5 was one he categorized as “a fuck-ton.”

He said that college kids tend to avoid other benzodiazepines and stick to Xanax.

“They tend to overdo it and don’t understand that you can’t mix it with alcohol,” he said.

“I won’t be responsible for somebody’s irresponsibility.”

When discussing drug use, he said he takes safety seriously.

He tests the drugs he orders online personally, with his own kit.

“Methoxetamine was extremely popular from 2012 to 2015, and in October of 2015, the last batch was manufactured in China before a blanket ban,” he said. “I found a guy from

China who said he had a lab making it. I bought some. I was suspicious, and the reactions from my test kit weren’t fully lining up and looking right. So I sent it to a lab to get tested.”

He said that this was the only time he had sent a drug out for testing, but he was glad he did.

“I got a refund,” he said. “I ended up with a mystery drug, some Maxidone, and $400 back in my pocket.”

His least favorite drug that he has done is diphenhydramine, the chemical name for Benadryl, which he said is a deliriant that makes the user unable to associate their feelings when using the drug. He said his experience was “miserable. I basically was just paralyzed in my bed for eight hours.”

On a darker note, his least favorite drug overall is Carfentanil. Opiodlike in nature, it is active at one microgram.

He said heroin is currently being cut with it in many places because it is so cheap.

“You can get enough of it from China for $500 to kill 10,000 people,” he said. “There is no way to properly dilute it in a powder solution because it is on a molecular level, and you’ll always have what are called hot spots. You can’t actually cut it into heroin properly.”

He added that any visible

amount of it is enough to kill a person.

“It’s used for whale and elephant surgery — it has no place in the human body.”

His favorite drug is methoxetamine, which was originally created by a chemist to combat phantom limb syndrome. According to him, it is similar to ketamine and can work as an antidepressant in small doses without negative side effects. But, he added, ketamine causes severe bladder and renal failure with long-term addiction. Since the active dose of methoxetamine is lower than ketamine, he said it doesn’t have the same impact on the renal system.

“I really have no idea why it’s my favorite,” he said.

“It’s perfect? It also might be my favorite because now it’s unavailable. There is an allure to it because there is a set amount in the world right now that will not increase and only decrease.”

And as far as college drug culture goes, he said, students really need more education.

“I’m totally cool with people doing drugs, but everybody thinks it’s OK to take Xanax and drink, when that is one of the easiest ways to die. Know what it does to your body beforehand,” he shrugged. “I’m just all about safety.”

I won't deal with coke.

In part, it's because of the cost. But I dont really support the trade and exploitation of Peruvian, Bolivan, and Colombian farmers.

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Survey Where on campus have you done drugs?

Nature Preserve

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Barle

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Fine Arts

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8.3%

Prescription

45

21.6%

For studying

The Marketplace

66

9%

For partying

Lecture Hall

52

67.3%

Greenhouse

13

No Friend

College-in-the-Woods 265 138 Hinman Mountainview

218

Newing

170

Dickinson

197

Old Dickinson

45

East Gym

27

Events Center

41

The Spine

95

How do you obtain study drugs?

Do you use study drugs?

Friend of a friend

Stranger

Other Prescription

Parents know?

14.9% YES NO I’M NOT SURE I DON’T DO DRUGS

Do you smoke cigarettes?

33.8% 32.2% 19.2%

Line by line: what we discovered In this year’s drug survey, Pipe Dream had 671 respondents reveal to us which drugs they haven’t tried, which they have and which they ultimately want to. Marijuana seems to be the most popular, with approximately 81 percent percent of survey respondents reported as having tried it. This is in line with a national trend of marijuana being popular with college-aged students. According to a 2015 study by the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research, the use of pot among college-aged students has increased.

Marijuana seems to be the most popular starter drug, with 74.5 percent of respondents saying it was the first drug they tried, and only 3.6 percent of respondents saying that they would never try it. More surprising is that the second most popular starter drug,

according to our survey, was molly.

Molly, or MDMA, was the first drug used by 16.3 percent of respondents.

In our survey, we found the least popular drug to be heroin, with around 2 percent having reported using it. Inversely, around 91 percent of respondents said that they would never try the drug. That being said, 1.7 percent of respondents reported as having wanted to try it.

Cocaine was the third most used drug on the survey, with around 29 percent reporting having tried it.

Around 13 percent of those surveyed said they would like to try cocaine in the future. The drug that most students want to try, but haven’t, is mushrooms, with around 33 percent responding that they would like to use them, but only 22 percent saying they had already done

so.

In terms of study drugs, we found that 21.6 percent of respondents used study drugs like Adderall, Ritalin or Vyvanse without having a prescription.

Of these students, 19.9 percent obtain them from friends. Presumably, somewhere along this chain, there are students at the University with their own prescriptions who give these drugs away.

We invited students to share stories about the first time they time they encountered drugs, and the experiences shared were less climactic than we imagined. Many of the responses were about hanging out with friends or crushes and not really getting high at all, which might be a comfort to the parents reading this issue.

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Get home-baked: How to cater to your cannabis cravings From cheesecloth to Everclear, making your own 'cannabutter' is no mere cakewalk Staff Reports Everybody loves an edible: you get all the good parts of smoking weed without destroying your lungs. Unfortunately, since New York state does not seem on track to legalize the ‘devil’s herb’ any time soon, if you want to enjoy an edible yourself, you are going to need to employ surreptitious means to get your hands on one.

When most people think of marijuana edibles, they picture a brownie. But weed can be an addition to almost any food.

Before you go out there into the world and throw your bud into brownie mix, read up on the best methods to get yourself stoned.

In order to get the most out of edibles, most people first make ‘cannabutter.’ THC, the active ingredient in marijuana that gets you stoned, is fat-soluble, meaning that it can dissolve into butter or oil. Once the cannabutter is ready, it can be baked into anything as though it is regular old butter.

According to High Times, the pre-eminent marijuana magazine, there are four main methods for making marijuana margarine.

The first method involves spraying Everclear alcohol on the

bud to break down the cellulose before simmering together the weed and butter, then straining the weed out with a cheesecloth.

The second involves mixing an emulsifier called lecithin with the bud before cooking, which helps THC absorb into the body.

The third involves a French press and an electric kettle, which suppresses the dank smell involved in cooking.

These are all complicated and less fun than old-fashioned watersimmered cannabutter.

This method only requires some ganja and clarified butter.

For each 8-ounce stick of butter, between 1/4 ounce and 1/2 ounce of weed should be used, depending on the desired potency.

Start out by toasting your bud. In order to activate the THC in marijuana, heat is required.

Grind up your bud even more finely than usual (some say to use a food processor) and spread it across a baking tray. Throw it in the oven at 240 degrees for about an hour, stirring occasionally.

This method is by far the most simple, but is fairly easy to mess up. Gather two pots (not a pun) that can fit inside each other.

In the bottom pot, add a quart of water and in the upper pot, add your butter. Melt the butter on low heat to avoid excessive bubbling. Once the butter has

completely melted, add your finely ground product.

Once the herb is in the pot, turn the heat as low as possible.

This is easiest to control on electric stoves, but can also be done with gas. Simmer on low heat for three hours at a minimum. Many sources have shorter times listed, but three hours is necessary for full THC extraction.

Let the butter cool for 10 minutes and then strain the weed out using a cheesecloth or strainer. Use a regular food container and store the butter in the fridge until it solidifies.

Once the butter solidifies, it will be a solid layer on top of some buttery water. Drain out the water and you will have a solid brick of weed butter, which you can use just like regular butter in any baked goods.

High Times tested the results of the most common four methods and found that the Everclear method is most effective, but you might look a little crazy, so this is a good alternative that will still yield you dank butter.

A note that is probably obvious: don’t make these in the stove on the first floor of O’Connor Hall of Dickinson Community. Been there, bad call.

Kevin Paredes/Photography Editor Not your mother’s baking: try these pot-infused cookies this 420.

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We wouldn’t publish a weed brownie recipe or a guide to healthy munchies if we didn’t have an audience for them.

After all, we’re a college paper — if you’re reading our 420 Drug Issue, chances are you at the very least know someone who regularly uses some sort of drug — that is if you don’t do so yourself.

While not everyone chooses to use substances, drugs are a regular part of college life.

Students have relatively easy access to them, often do not face severe legal consequences for doing them and are frequently in social situations where they’re encouraged, if not expected, to use them. Because this is a reality, we’re not about to tell students to avoid drugs, nor try to warn them of their serious physical and mental effects.

Most people already have a decent idea of what drugs do to the brain and body, as well as the consequences that occur when someone becomes addicted to a substance. The truth is simple — drug abuse is not good — but it is a truth many of us comfortably and confidently choose to

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overlook.

However, it is one thing to see how addiction manifests in others, and a very different thing to see it in yourself. One can quickly cross the line from recreation to self-medication, which is why we believe, as simple as it sounds, that it’s important for students to take a step back and consider the reasoning and expectations behind their drug use.

Many write off their drug use as something temporary. After all, “it’s college.” Yes, rates of drug use decrease as people age, but the habits built by college students, which are direct responses to the many stressors of college life, have the potential to remain with you past schooling years. College isn’t only a place where you learn the syllabus, it’s where you learn how to deal with the demands and expectations of life. If you learn to confront stress with pills, booze or weed, then you may need to do so in the future.

The most important thing we want to stress is for students to be self-aware. Realize when you’re getting high to socialize and blow off steam, and when you’re doing so to delay addressing a more serious problem. It isn’t about stopping drug use altogether — it’s making sure that use is safe, physically and mentally.

Not all drugs are equal. Unless you’re growing your own, you can never be sure what you’re getting isn’t cut with something dangerous. If you choose to take drugs, don’t compare your experience to that of others.

Everyone is wired differently and can’t expect to react the same way to drugs as their peers.

There is risk that people accept every time they use a substance, and people choose how much of that risk they will to tolerate.

If you choose to take that risk, know what you’re getting into, and make sure that you’re able to get out.

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.

NCAA should consider liberal policy toward athlete pot usage With marijuana legalization picking up steam, regulation at national level gets hazy Orlaith McCaffrey

Sports Editor

When Gonzaga and Oregon advanced to the Final Four last month, it marked the first appearance of two teams from the Pacific time zone in the NCAA’s semifinal round. The geographic proximity of the squads wasn’t the only novelty in this year’s tournament, though; both squads hail from home states known for their liberal stance on marijuana use.

Although the teams train in states where recreational marijuana use is legal, a positive test for the drug before any championship game would have

ensured a player’s immediate suspension for half a season.

According to a 2014 survey of NCAA member institutions, 21.9 percent of athletes reported using marijuana during the previous 12 months. Under the NCAA’s current system of drug testing, athletes are only tested for recreational drug use at the championship level and for bowl games in football. Marijuana use is treated the same as the use of performance-enhancing drugs like steroids: punitively.

It’s clear that marijuana use is becoming more accepted on a national level, as the number of Americans who favor legalization has nearly doubled in the last decade. It falls on the NCAA — the leading regulatory institution of college athletics — to reconcile

this reality with its current disciplinary policies against athletes who use marijuana. The NCAA has taken the initial steps to do so, including reducing the suspension period and acknowledging that street drugs like marijuana, unlike steroids, don’t improve athletes’ performances.

Steroids can make you a better athlete by increasing muscle mass and strength, but the only athletic feat you’ll achieve when high on marijuana is making it to the kitchen for that family-size bag of Doritos. The distinction between marijuana and steroids is obvious and the NCAA’s decision to make this its official position will prove essential in future policy decisions on marijuana use and testing.

In December 2014, the NCAA’s

Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports concluded that it wasn’t logical for the NCAA to continue testing for a drug that didn’t improve the performance of athletes. Instead, it proposed a model in which universities have sole discretion of testing and sanctioning athletes who test positive for marijuana.

The model also emphasized holistic treatment plans and the identification of players who may have addiction problems, but failed to garner enough support from NCAA governing members, due to a lack of specificity on how to implement the new measures.

As of now, no such plan has been approved, and players face suspension if they test positive for marijuana at the

NCAA level. In order to ease the transition to institutionally set treatment methods, a cohesive set of guidelines and resources on how to deal with recreational drug use by athletes must be provided to schools. At the same time, if the NCAA really wants to abdicate control it must realize that its suggestions on effective intervention and deterrent measures will be treated for what they are — mere recommendations.

The standardization of testing and sanctioning procedures across the hundreds of memberinstitution campuses isn’t feasible, so universities must take the recommendations of the NCAA and mold them to fit their athletic program and campus culture, which can vary widely.

At Georgia, a player who tests positive for marijuana just once is automatically suspended for 10 percent of the season. The University of Oregon’s policy stands in sharp contrast; the possibility of riding the bench doesn’t come into play until an athlete records three positive tests. Similarly, the ability of universities to shoulder the cost of drug tests can vary greatly between teams with Big Ten budgets and smaller programs.

The NCAA should continue its policy of liberalization toward marijuana use by ending the testing of athletes at the championship level and enabling or aiding individual institutions to handle positive tests with a focus on meaningful interaction rather than immediate discipline.

Post-pot munchies that'll let you burn before bikini season

Dark chocolate, trail mix and other high snacks that won't leave you hungry for more Gina Lee Contributing Writer Whenever you get the munchies, it’s easy to reach for those potato chips, cookies and ice cream cartons to satisfy your cravings, but with Pipe Dream’s help, substitute those unhealthy snacks with healthier alternatives that provide your body with many benefits. These alternatives will satisfy those munchie cravings, but you won’t regret them tomorrow.

Peanut butter and pretzels (an alternative to: Nutella) The pretzels offer a satisfying crunch, but by switching out Nutella with peanut butter, you’ll get a snack that has far less sugar. As an added bonus, peanut butter is also high in protein and a good source in vitamin E. Hummus and pita chips (an alternative to: nachos) If you’re looking to dip some chips, try eating hummus and pita chips instead of nachos.

Hummus is made of chickpeas, which are high in protein.

Hummus is also high in fiber, which will leave you fuller.

Dark chocolate (an alternative to: a milk chocolate candy bar) Instead of eating milk chocolate when you have a sweet tooth, go for a bar of dark chocolate. Chocolate with 70 to 85 percent cocoa contains a significant amount of fiber, antioxidants and minerals such as calcium, iron and potassium.

Primarily, antioxidants help in removing free radicals from the body, which damage the body systems. Studies show that dark chocolate also improves brain function and reduces the risk of heart disease.

Raisins (an alternative to: Raisinets) Raisins are, surprisingly, a very nutritious snack that offer many health benefits. Raisins can be eaten alone or can be paired with granola to be a topping on yogurt. A handful

of the bite-sized snack contains vitamin A and antioxidants that protect the eyes from damage and strengthen vision. They also contain calcium, which contributes to strengthening the bones and joints. To protect teeth from decay, cavities and becoming brittle, raisins contain oleanolic acid, which prevents the growth of bacteria in the mouth.

Chicken noodle soup (an alternative to: ramen noodles) Ramen, a notorious collegestudent snack, is loaded with saturated fats and sodium. When opting for a soup substitute, make sure to stay away from any canned product that is high in sodium. A great option is Campbell’s chicken noodle soup, which is low in calories.

Additionally, the steam that comes from the soup relieves congestion and the warm broth can relieve a sore throat, either of which you may have if you’ve been smoking or sharing drugs with friends.

Kevin Paredes/Photo Editor Pictured: Some healthy munchie alternatives, such as trail mix, dark chocolate and pretzels.