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Students have occupied the lobby of the Couper Administration Building since Thursday, April 27 in protest of the University’s plan to install blue-light poles in Downtown Binghamton.

Sit-in against blue-light system enters fifth day Students occupy Couper Administration Building through weekend, reject statement from University Alexandra Mackof News Editor

“We’ve started referring to it as a dystopian ‘Home Alone.’”

Heading into the 80th hour of occupying the Couper Administration Building, Farihah Akhtar, a junior majoring in political science, described what she and over 40 students had begun calling the building they had spent the weekend in.

The occupation began on Thursday, April 27 at 1:30 p.m., with students voicing their disapproval of Binghamton University’s plan to install blue-light

call boxs and camera system. Led by the Frances Beal Society, the group gathered at the Pegasus Statue before heading to the administration building. There, students began to occupy the lobby, asking to speak to Brian Rose, vice president for student affairs at BU. Rose issued a statement on Friday in response to the students, but the group claims it did not address their key concerns. The statement reaffirmed the University’s commitment to support public safety in the city of Binghamton, and stated that for the remainder of this year, funds will only be allocated to one-time projects supported by a newly

instituted Town Gown Advisory Board that will be launched in the fall of 2017.

“Binghamton University has a deep connection to the surrounding community through its students, faculty and staff, its facilities, programs, research and other contributions,” Rose said in the statement. “Those connections create many contexts for University-community interaction.”

Students continued to occupy the building into the weekend, receiving food, supplies and support from fellow students and faculty. Some rotated shifts so members could attend class or work without leaving the lobby empty.

On Sunday, those occupying the building invited students, faculty and community members to a potluck dinner to further discuss plans for the movement.

At the meeting, students passed out copies of the Frances Beal Society’s demands.

These call for a written statement in which the administration states it will not devote resources to the blue-light initiative, that no funds originating from the University will go toward policing or surveillance in the city of Binghamton, and that the administration will never support construction of policing and surveillance infrastructure using funds originating within the city of Binghamton, Broome

County, New York state or any other funding source.

“Tonight we want to talk about what we’re doing here, why we’re doing this and we also want to hear your feedback,” said Jessica Dunn, a senior triple-majoring in sociology, Latin American and Caribbean Area studies and Africana studies.

“Do you think this is a good idea? Is there stuff we could be doing better? How can we improve? Some of us are having these conversations individually, but having it collectively would make this effort stronger.”

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Students speak out against sexual assault misconceptions BU Women's Student Union hosts fifth annual Take Back the Night rally Alexandra Mackof News Editor

The Women’s Student Union (WSU) hosted Binghamton University’s fifth annual Take Back the Night rally Friday evening at the Peacemaker’s Stage in Downtown Binghamton. The event coincided with annual marches nationwide, inspired by Take Back the Night, a nonprofit organization founded to create safe spaces and spread awareness about sexual assault and violence.

The event, which began at the Peacemaker’s Stage, kicked off with

four speakers before over 50 attendees marched east on Court Street toward Chroma Cafe and Bakery — the site of the event’s Survivors’ Speak-out. The speak out provided a confidential and supportive space for victims of sexual assault and violence to share their stories with others.

Jessica Dunn, the president of WSU and a senior triple-majoring in sociology, Latin American and Caribbean Area studies and Africana studies, opened by discussing the false narrative that frequently surrounds instances of sexual assault or violence.

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Professors voice opinions on Trump's new policies

Teach-in event explores recent political changes within historical framework Hannah Walter Contributing Writer

Since President Donald Trump’s inauguration, there have been significant changes to the United States’ domestic and international policies. At Binghamton University, history professors have expressed interest in exploring how these changes fit into a historical context.

On Friday, professors in the history department hosted a discussion near the fountain in front of Glenn G. Bartle Library titled “What Now? Historians on Trump’s America: a Teach-in” to talk about these recent occurrences and provide

historical insight on them.

Before the 2016 presidential election, the history department organized a panel of professors to speak on the topic. After that program was received positively, faculty members decided to host the teach-in to address the current concerns of the community while utilizing the expertise of the instructors.

Dael Norwood, an assistant professor of history and one of the event’s organizers, began the event by reading an open letter signed by 22 professors in the history department. The letter stated the values

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Raquel Panitz/Pipe Dream Photographer Students from campuses around the Northeast participate in the Intergalactic Goth Rave Saturday, April 29 in the Old University Union’s Mandela Room. The event was part of the 22nd annual Northeast LGBT Conference.

LGBT Conference highlights intersectionality Workshops focus on inequality within trans, black communities Stacey Blansky Contributing Writer

This past weekend, Binghamton University’s Rainbow Pride Union (RPU) sponsored the 22nd annual Northeast LGBT Conference to explore topics related to this year’s theme, Black Queer Lives Matter.

Approximately 150 students from college campuses across the Northeast, including the University at Albany and University of New England, attended the conference to listen to keynote speakers and attend workshops regarding the marginalization of groups within the LGBTQ community.

The keynote speakers included Maurice Tomlinson, a leading LGBTQ rights and HIV activist; CeCe McDonald, a bi-trans woman and LGBTQ activist;

Joshua Allen, a black transgenderfeminine organizer; and BU President Harvey Stenger, all of whom spoke in Old Union Hall in the Old University Union. The five-hour long workshops consisted of themes including antiblackness within the queer community, sexual racism and inclusivity, and were held in classrooms throughout University Union.

Brandon Bocanumenth, a junior double-majoring in psychology and women, gender and sexuality studies, is currently the marketing assistant for RPU and helped organize the weekend event along with Joseph Simon, the cochairman of the conference and a senior majoring in integrative neuroscience.

Bocanumenth explained that the current political climate played a large role in selecting this year’s theme.

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“We sent in our submission for the conference in a time when the political climate was not too well and it was kind of apparent that [black queers] are a marginalized group within our own marginalized group,” Bocanumenth said.

“These are problems that are happening under the surface; no one really mentions them, so we wanted to bring those to life and actually talk about them.”

Bocanumenth explained that each year the conference pushes to make the event as intersectional as possible, acknowledging that social characterizations such as race, class and gender are often interrelated. The theme differs from previous years because it focuses on accepting marginalized members within the LGBTQ community, such as black

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New boutique brings style to Downtown,

The Editorial Board discusses the bluelight sit-in,

Softball sweeps Maine, capturing first place in AE,

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Students march against sexual assault Blue-light WSU FROM PAGE 1 She said that administrators and police officers promote the idea that assailants are strangers, while in reality, most victims know their attackers.

“Why are they lying to us?”

Dunn asked. “Why are the police lying to us? Why is the University lying to us? Why is society, at large, leading us to believe that the problem is strangers? The reason is, if we didn’t accept that, we’d have to accept that our friends, our fathers, our boyfriends, our husbands, our co-workers, our acquaintances, our colleagues are rapists and abusers. And that’s a hard thing to accept and a hard thing to deal with.”

WSU’s senior adviser Hannah Pollick, a senior double-majoring in psychology and sociology, said that Take Back the Night rallies encompass a variety of issues surrounding sexual assault, all of which she said WSU discusses and addresses.

Katherine Scott/Pipe Dream Photographer “What we appreciate about Over 50 attendees participated in the Women’s Student Union’s fifth annual Take this rally is that it stands at the Back the Night rally on Friday evening to spread awareness of sexual assault and violence. intersection of so many different

problems that we fight for,” Pollick said. “It is very important to us, and we are going to continue to host it and hope it gets bigger and bigger every year.”

Farihah Akhtar, a junior majoring in political science, addressed social positionality, which is used to describe a person’s social identity in regard to their race, gender and privilege, and how individuals with different experiences can play a role in assault and violence prevention.

“I really want you all to contextualize,” Akhtar said. “For some people, existence isn’t just resistance. It is an active form of resistance and it means that our lives are politicized. Us being is politicized. And that’s kind of fucked up. So given your social positionality, you have a role to help that.”

Akhtar also discussed the trend for Americans to examine sexual violence externally in other countries, but to refrain from addressing what goes on in their home country. She said that in order to fully dismantle a

culture that perpetuates violence, people must reflect internally.

“Violence against women on all sections exists in all societies and cultures and religions across the board,” Akhtar said. “This is about a structure — masculine, toxic structure — but also about white supremacy.”

Akhtar closed by changing her focus to politics, and the way in which issues frequently addressed by politicians are related to sexual violence and assault.

“It means we care about political things too,” Akhtar said. “It means we care about immigration, it means we care about poverty — because if women can’t afford to leave, how will they leave? And honestly, I talk about this in gendered terms.

But we all need to acknowledge that trans women and trans folk have to deal with all this too.”

To close the rally before leading the marchers, Dunn offered a last bit of guidance.

“We’re going to take back this specific night, but we’re also going to take back all of our days,” she said.

History professors discuss Trump's policies at teach-in TEACH FROM PAGE 1 and ideals of the professors, such as inclusivity and free expression, and talked about them in relation to the current political climate.

“The election of 2016 has fueled a number of disturbing trends in American society,” the letter read. “As members of that society, we are shocked by the promotion of demonizing rhetoric and restrictive policies designed to classify and denounce particular groups of people. As historians, we are alarmed at the correlation between racist policies in this nation’s past and the current rise of antiimmigrant, anti-Islamic and anti-Semitic ideologies.”

According to Norwood, the signatories believed it was important to write the letter to speak out against divisive dialogue

and affirm the importance of education and free speech.

Each professor gave a speech on a different topic related to the current administration, such as Islamophobia, reproductive rights and freedom of the press. Wendy Wall, an associate professor of history, compared President Trump’s attitude toward immigration in the United States to past presidents’ attitudes.

“Until Trump, every U.S. president since 1945 has given power, at the very least, to the notion that the U.S. was or is a nation of immigrants and at least rhetorically embraced the notion that the U.S. should admit refugees,” Wall said. “I think the rhetoric that has been spewed

by President Trump has much more in common with the kind of strident nativism that you hear in this country in the 1910s, ’20s

and ’30s than with the rhetoric of his predecessors in the years since World War II.” Michael West, the chair of the sociology department, gave a speech on the black liberation movement, calling on students to be active in their communities and fight against injustices happening locally. He also drew attention to the controversy surrounding the University’s blue-light initiative as an example of local injustice.

Many of the students in attendance said that they heard about the event through flyers dispersed around campus.

Alexa Dantona, an undeclared freshman, said that she wanted to hear what the professors had to say on the topic of current events through a historical lens.

“A person’s beliefs will be more accurate if it is based off of history,” Dantona said. “You

can’t just create a belief out of nowhere. History tells us how things will happen and it’s better to have an educated opinion than an uneducated one or no opinion at all.”

Norwood said that he, along with other members of the history department, hopes to hold more events like this one in the future that help connect history to contemporary actions.

Katherine Scott/Pipe Dream Photographer Dael Norwood, an assistant professor of history, speaks to students and faculty on Friday near the fountain in front of Glenn G. Bartle Library. The event was held by the history department to discuss the historical context of President Donald Trump’s domestic and international policies.

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PROTEST FROM PAGE 1 Conversations ranged from increased transparency from both the occupation movement and the BU administration, the role of the Roosevelt Institute at BU in the blue-light initiative and the practicality of the Frances Beal Society’s demands.

Students repeatedly highlighted the need to redefine what threatens college students. Akhtar said suicide is the second biggest killer of college-age adults, with the first being accidental deaths.

“I really think that it is important we readdress what we mean by safety,” Akhtar said. “For Binghamton’s community, being in a food desert is unsafe. Having an opioid epidemic where there are no health care resources is unsafe. Not being able to see a counselor when you really, really need to is unsafe.”

Milton Chester, assistant dean for off campus programs and services, attended the gathering, and said that while the group’s ideas were valid, off-campus safety is an issue that the University should not ignore.

“There are some safety concerns in Downtown Binghamton that I do believe the University needs to be concerned with,” Chester said.

“I hope that doesn’t get lost in all of this. Over the years, I’ve seen multiple reports of issues that involve our students and that I don’t think we can ignore. We don’t want to diminish that.”

Since the occupation began, the Frances Beal Society has gained support from the Graduate Student Organization, the Student Association, Justice and Unity for the Southern Tier and other campus organizations. Another rally is set for Monday, May 1 at 1 p.m. on the Spine. The occupiers said they will stay in the administration building until their demands are met.

Binghamton becomes first SUNY institution to offer Russian studies major Russian and Eastern European studies added to University academic bulletin starting fall 2017 semester Alexandra Hupka News Intern

At State University of New York institutions, students can major in Spanish, French and many other languages, but until now, students wishing to study Russian have been forced to design their own major.

In the fall of 2017, Binghamton University will become the first SUNY school to offer a Russian and Eastern European studies major, which will be housed under the department of German and Russian studies. Students will be required to complete a minimum of 40 credits within the department and honors options will be available. The major will be open to both heritage and

nonheritage speakers. According to Nancy Tittler, a senior lecturer in Russian and the undergraduate director of the Russian and East European program, the new major is the result of over four years of work.

“We had to look over our full current curriculum and revamp it on the model of other language-based majors,” Tittler said. “This really was a wonderful process to go through because we really assessed what we wanted somebody graduating with a Russian major to do.”

Until now, students pursuing a Russian and Eastern European studies major could only do so through Harpur College’s individualized major program.

Tittler stated that she believes the

new major is a necessary addition to the University’s major offerings.

“We have had [a] steadily increasing array of courses to offer and steadily increasing numbers of people wanting to do the IMP Russian major,” Tittler said. “The time was ripe: we have staff, an array of courses and expertise and mainly, students. Hence, it was time for a departmental and recognizable major.”

Sidney Dement, an assistant professor of Russian, stated that the major will feature two tracks, one in literary and cultural studies and the other in area studies, which will focus on history and politics.

“One you take more literature classes, and the other you take more history and political science

courses,” Dement said. “Area studies is a broader view of a topic, whereas language and literature focuses just on that aspect of Russian culture.”

A Russian and Eastern European studies major was previously available at the University until 1975, when BU administration decided to discontinue it due to lack of enrollment. Marina Zalesski, a lecturer in Russian, stated that some of the classes were revived in 1979, although the major was never reinstated.

“It trickled down to nothing because there were less and less students interested,” Zalesski said. “Then, in 1991, the Soviet Union fell apart and all eyes were on the country. Interest toward

Russian studies and language increased during this time. That’s why students started to demand Russian classes.”

The University already offers all of the classes needed to complete the major and has a large number of library resources pertaining to the major. According to Zalesski, there are approximately 20,000 volumes related to Russian studies in Glenn G. Bartle Library.

“Historically, Binghamton has had a very large population of Russian-speaking peoples who donated their books,” Zalesski said. “On the shelves of our Russian collections, one might find 19th century books of Russian poetry, books that even in Russia would be considered rare.”

As the major begins, the

department has high hopes for its future. The Russian department offers different courses every semester, with topics ranging from Soviet cinema and literature to activism and protest in Russia, and professors hope that these courses will push students to consider majoring or minoring in Russian and Eastern European studies.

“We cover a lot,” Dement said. “We have a whole course on Slavic folklore, which explores the beginning of a national identity and how that continues, and we have courses on film and drama and architecture. There is always room for new courses, and we do propose them regularly. Professors would love for students to write them and to propose ideas for new courses.”

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Pipe Line LOCAL NEWS Man shot to death in Downtown Binghamton A man was shot multiple times in Downtown Binghamton at approximately 8:40 p.m. on Friday night, according to WICZ. The man, identified as 24-year-old Tyquan Gumbs of Binghamton, was found dead near 10 Fayette St. On Friday night, police put out a notice stating that they were looking for three black males believed to be connected to the shooting. Following the shooting, the individuals reportedly ran into nearby Columbus Park. The incident is still under investigation.

Vigil held in honor of car crash victim On Friday night, more than 50 people gathered at Tom’s Coffee, Cards & Gifts in the city of Binghamton to remember the man who died in a car crash on Monday, according to WBNG. On April 24, 47-year-old Ronald Richardson was killed when a woman hit him with her car at the intersection of Main Street and Laurel Avenue. According to police, Richardson’s body was dragged into the parking lot of the store. Police believe the woman was driving under the influence of drugs when she hit Richardson. At the vigil, city officials, firefighters and community members lit candles in honor of Richardson.

Kalurah Shrine Circus performs in Binghamton Approximately 1,500 people attended the Kalurah Shrine Circus over the weekend during

a five-show performance at the Floyd L. Maines Veterans Memorial Arena in Downtown Binghamton, according to WBNG. The circus featured a variety of specialty acts including jugglers, acrobats, clowns and hula-hoopers. In addition, the shows included trained elephants, tigers, camels and ponies. Proceeds from the circus went to Shriners Hospitals for Children. Although the shows were heavily attended, demonstrators were also present at the shows to protest the treatment of circus animals.

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Fifty-two people charged in central New York drug bust More than 50 people have been charged in a wide-reaching drug crackdown, facing charges for roughly 370 crimes, according to The Post-Standard. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said the defendants, 30 of whom are allegedly members of Syracuse’s Bricktown gang, are facing charges ranging from criminal drug sale and possession to murder. The drug sales operation extended across central New York, as heroin and cocaine were transported throughout Cortland, Madison, Onondaga, Oswego and St. Lawrence counties. The defendants were arrested Wednesday and Thursday morning in a series of raids across Syracuse and Cortland, Madison, Monroe and Oswego counties. Two were found out of state in Pennsylvania and Wyoming.

During the arrests, police seized cash, drugs, related paraphernalia and several handguns, some of which were loaded.

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Jonathan Flores/Pipe Dream Photographer Members of the Quimbamba Latin Dance Team participate in El Polvorín Latin Festival on Saturday on the Peace Quad.

The event was part of the fifth annual Latin Weekend, which was hosted by the Latin American Student Union, Quimbamba Latin Dance Team and the Latino Greek Council.

Police Watch Student repeatedly steals from dining hall, Sodexo workers report THURSDAY, April 27, 10:42 a.m. — A Sodexo employee called police after an unidentified student attempted to steal food from the Hinman Dining Hall, said Investigator Dennis Bush of Binghamton’s New York State University Police. Upon arriving at the dining hall, officers spoke with a chef, who stated that he was at his work station when he saw a male student take a to-go box which contained food and place it in his backpack. Upon confronting the male, Sodexo employees were able to retrieve the food from his backpack, but the male ran before they could identify him. Sodexo employees stated that the male is responsible for multiple larcenies from the dining hall.

“If the media’s job is to be honest and tell the truth, then I think we would all agree the media deserves a very, very big fat failing grade.”

UPD, Harpur’s Ferry called for inebriated student FRIDAY, April 28, 12:43 a.m.

— A 19-year-old female contacted officers to seek — President Donald Trump, medical attention for her at his rally in Pennsylvania this weekend. friend who was intoxicated, Bush said.

Officers reported to Digman Hall of Dickinson Community to meet with the female and her intoxicated friend, also a 19-yearold female. Upon arrival, the person informing the officers directed them to May 1, 1931 the intoxicated female, who The Empire State Building opens in New York City. was vomiting into a toilet.

The intoxicated female was able to answer some questions but was clearly sick. The intoxicated female’s friend stated that they had been drinking vodka at a house on Court Street in Downtown Binghamton. Harpur’s Ferry ambulance arrived and evaluated the intoxicated female, and determined that she should stay with her friend for the night, but did not need hospital attention.

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Clown costume causes alarm near Whitney Hall FRIDAY, April 28, 1:08 a.m. — While at the Rafuse Hall Service Drive in Dickinson Community for a separate incident, an officer was approached by a 19-year-old female student who wanted to report a suspicious person outside of Whitney Hall of Old Dickinson Community, Bush said. The female stated that the person she saw appeared to be dressed as a clown, and was located on the side of Whitney Hall nearest to Old Digman Hall of Old Dickinson Community. She said

queer individuals. This year, topics discussed included mental health, safe sex, sexual racism and transgender awareness.

On Saturday afternoon, McDonald and Allen spoke about the importance of understanding the lives of black, transgender and queer people throughout the world. As a victim of a transphobic hate crime in 2012, McDonald spoke against transgender violence in the LGBTQ and black community.

“We cannot think about

liberation, we cannot think about unity, we cannot think about equality when we have a marginalized people constantly fighting each other,” McDonald said. “How can I, as a revolutionary, just sit back and see myself and the people that I love constantly live in poverty, turmoil and violence?”

Allen elaborated on McDonald’s ideas, stating that this conference allowed people that are queer, transgender or gendernonconforming to come together, speak about their lives and learn from each other. He said that his

current work was initially rooted in a need for change.

“I grew to love community organizing because it really creates a radical space for us to lift and help each other,” Allen said.

“I think community organizing is nothing more than righting a wrong, and that is what I do as an activist.”

Students from different universities took the opportunity to network with each other and discuss how, through grass-roots efforts, they could become agents of change within their own communities.

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that other than the person’s unusual dress, the person did not appear to be doing anything threatening or alarming. Nevertheless, the female stated she wanted police to be aware of the incident. Officers checked the area around Whitney Hall, but did not locate any suspicious persons.

Students trapped in Oneida Hall elevator SUNDAY, April 30, 2:20 a.m. — Officers were dispatched to investigate a possible elevator entrapment in Oneida Hall of College-in-the-Woods, Bush said. Upon arrival, officers determined there were a 20-year-old male and a 20-year-old female trapped in an elevator near the ground floor of the building.

By knocking on the door of the elevator and speaking loudly, the officer was able to speak with the trapped students.

He asked them if they were alright, to which they responded they were fine and did not require medical attention. Five to 10 minutes later, the officer heard one of the students vomiting. The officer knocked on the door of the elevator again and inquired about the students’ condition. Both students stated they were fine. Shortly after, the officer received a call from dispatch indicating that a maintenance worker should be at the elevator in approximately 30 minutes. When the officer attempted to relay this information to the students, they did not respond. The officer continued to knock loudly and asked the students about their condition, but received no response. The officer grew concerned about the students’ health, and requested an expedited response for maintenance and asked Harpur’s Ferry to report to the building. At approximately 3 a.m., a maintenance worker arrived, followed by Harpur’s Ferry and the Vestal Fire Department. The elevator doors were opened, and the two students were found asleep on the floor of the elevator. The officer was able to wake the students, who seemed fine, but showed signs of intoxication. They stated that they had been drinking in Downtown Binghamton, and the students were evaluated by Harpur’s Ferry, and it was determined that the students did not require further medical attention.

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Sarah Voegler, an undeclared freshman at BU, attended the conference and said that because the theme was Black Queer Lives Matter, it fostered a discussion about marginalized groups within the LGBTQ community. Voegler also stated that teaching people about the LGBTQ community could help combat bias and discrimination.

“I really think that hate is the reason that we are still so far behind in terms of acceptance,” Voegler said. “We need to show the world that we are here to stay and we are all together.”

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ARTS & CULTURE Channel your creativity this spring with DIY ice pops Bearcat Pops Ingredients: — Lemon-lime soda — Green and clear gummy bears These green pops are a unique way to show school spirit at sports games, festivals or other outdoor events.

While Wegmans doesn’t stock gummy bearcats, regular gummy bears achieve a similar effect. Depending on your desired gummy bear-to-soda ratio, the bears can either fill the entire ice pop mold or just sink to the bottom of the mold to cluster at the tip when they are frozen. Either way, the candies will add an exciting change in texture as the soda melts away. Add your desired number of bears to the mold, fill it with soda and freeze them for eight hours.

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Ingredients:

For students looking to cool down on campus this spring without splurging on Red Mango, homemade ice pops can be a great alternative. Ice pops can be made with anything from soda to coconut water, so they can be as healthy or unhealthy as you want them to be. Most of the specialty ingredients used in these recipes are available at Wegmans in Johnson City, and if you don’t have ice pop molds or an ice cube tray, a small plastic cup can work as a stand-in.

Prickly Pear Pops

The prickly pear grows from a cactus and tastes like a mix of pears and watermelons, so it easily creates a sweet summer-y flavor. If you want to cool off while supporting a cause, try using prickly pear lemonade from Me & the Bees Lemonade, a company founded by 12-year-old Mikaila Ulmer, which uses local honey in its products and donates a percentage of its profits to organizations dedicated to honeybee conservation. For an enhanced citrus flavor, wedge a lemon slice into the ice pop mold before pouring in the lemonade and then freeze for eight hours.

— Vanilla chai tea — Milk — Sugar While some might think of it as a cozy winter drink, chai can also lend its sweet, spicy flavor to summer treats.

While brewing a cup of chai tea, adding milk and sugar and freezing it takes a bit more effort than just using juice or soda, the payoff is worth it.

For ice cream lovers in particular, this ice pop will prove to be a healthy, yet satisfying alternative. Heat a cup of water and add a bag of vanilla chai tea.

Let it steep for five minutes, and add sugar and milk to taste. Pour it into the ice pop mold and freeze for eight hours.

“Miami Vice” Pops

Ingredients: — Prickly pear lemonade — One lemon, cut into thin slices

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Tropical Tamarind Pops

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Ingredients:

Ingredients:

— Goya tamarind nectar — Fresh mango — Fresh orange

— Goya passion fruit nectar — Goya guava nectar — Orange juice

A staple of many Asian cuisines, tamarind has a tart flavor that can be a unique addition to summer desserts. These ice pops feature chunks of fresh orange and mango to maintain a balance of sweet and sour. Tamarinds are often used medicinally to aid in digestion and relieve fevers, so these ice pops will feel as good as they taste and are particularly perfect after a night out. Layer the chunks of orange and mango in the mold, then fill it with tamarind nectar and freeze for eight hours.

POG, invented in the 1970s in Hawaii, is a blend of passion fruit, orange and guava juices. Travelers to and from Hawaii are often served the drink on their flights, and Disney World visitors who have stayed at the Polynesian Village Resort may remember it from their breakfasts. Whether or not the juice conjures up any nostalgic memories, it’s a perfect summer drink to turn into an ice pop. This recipe uses equal parts of every juice, but you can experiment with different ratios for variations on the flavor. Freeze for eight hours.

Ingredients: — — — —

Goya piña colada mix Goya strawberry nectar Fresh strawberries Fresh pineapple

Named for the hit TV series, the Miami Vice is a refreshing summer cocktail made from equal parts piña colada and strawberry daiquiri. This ice pop uses the same flavor combination as the cocktail and adds fresh strawberry and pineapple chunks to the mix. Mix the pineapple chunks and piña colada mix first to create the piña colada layer. In a separate bowl, add the strawberries and strawberry nectar to create the daiquiri layer. Alternate layers of the cocktails in the mold until it is filled.

Freeze for eight hours.

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Update your wardrobe at new Downtown clothing shop Tesorina Boutique on Chenango Street, which opened this month, offers styles for all sizes Gina Lee & Katy Wong Staff Writers

Provided by Tesorina Boutique Pictured: The interior of Tesorina Boutique on Chenango Street. The store features trendy clothing at its location in Downtown Binghamton.

Stepping into Tesorina Boutique on Chenango Street is like walking into a bohemian paradise. The store, the name of which is drawn from the Italian word for “little treasure,” offers a variety of clothing for women of all ages and sizes, ranging from elegant dresses and flirty tops to distressed denim and fringed suede sandals.

“I’m from an Italian family and I wanted to keep an Italian theme for the boutique, and I thought that ‘little treasure’ was perfect for the name,” said owner Desirée DePersiis. “Quantities are limited, so what you’re getting is a little treasure.”

The merchandise sold by the boutique, which opened on April 6, is inspired by Western and bohemian vibes, or as DePersiis calls it, “urban boho.” DePersiis said she and her family made the racks and tables together using repurposed barn wood and iron pipes, adding to the rustic aesthetic of the boutique. Aside from clothing and accessories, Tesorina Boutique also offers vegan soaps, soy candles, beauty products and home goods. DePersiis said she

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aims to make the merchandise of her boutique stand out from that of other stores, and updates it weekly.

The clothing and accessories come from wholesalers in New York City and Chicago and small designers on Etsy and Instagram.

According to DePersiis, supporting small and local businesses is important to allow the independent art community to thrive and also to ensure that the boutique has unique offerings.

“When I started Tesorina Boutique, I didn’t want the clothes to just be general racks you see at a department store,” DePersiis said.

DePersiis, who lives in Endicott, New York, graduated from SUNY Oneonta in 2012 with a degree in fashion merchandising. She said she opened her business to help revitalize the greater Binghamton community.

Before beginning her business venture, DePersiis conducted market research and learned that women in the Binghamton area are seeking trendier plus-size clothing options, so she is looking to expand her store’s single plussize rack to a section dedicated to plus-size clothing.

“I just wanted to make sure everybody can come here,” DePersiis said. “I don’t want

somebody to feel limited to shop here if they don’t look like everyone else.”

The grand opening of Tesorina Boutique will take place on May 6 from noon to 5 p.m. and will feature live entertainment, a raffle and food. The first 50 customers to arrive will be given a 20 percentoff coupon, and all proceeds will go towards the American Cancer Society and the YWCA of Binghamton and Broome County, an organization dedicated to eliminating racism, strengthening the community and empowering women.

“People usually think only men open businesses, not women,” DePersiis said. “So why not try and support women’s rights while supporting a local charity?”

In the future, DePersiis also aspires to create her own brand that caters to both men and women of all shapes and sizes, and she hopes to inspire other entrepreneurs to start their own businesses, especially in the Binghamton area community.

“I was hoping people would follow in my footsteps in opening more retail stores,” DePersiis said. “We could make Downtown Binghamton and even Chenango Street a destination for shopping.”

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ARTS & CULTURE

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Local farm grows mushrooms indoors Southern Tier Mushrooms sells to stores, restaurants Ryan Muller Contributing Writer Finding its own place in the growing Binghamton area food scene, Southern Tier Mushrooms is sprouting fresh, gourmet mushrooms to be sold and served in local stores and restaurants.

“The main goal of Southern Tier Mushrooms is to produce gourmet mushrooms locally to the Southern Tier region,” said Director of Operations Eddie Compagnone, ‘15. “When people are looking for a fresh-quality mushroom, they definitely would find us attractive.”

Located in a house on the South Side of the city of Binghamton called The Genome Collective, Southern Tier Mushrooms grows its crop in a basement-turnedmushroom farm. The Genome Collective house looks like an ordinary house at the surface, with a living room, kitchen and even a house dog — but in the basement is a laboratory setup with dozens of mushrooms stacked on shelves.

Compagnone, a member of The Genome Collective, described the house as a community with the common goal of food justice, and a commitment to the idea that communities should assert their right to eat fresh, healthy food. The owner of Southern Tier Mushrooms, Bill Sica, rented the basement of The Genome Collective for growing space, and Compagnone and fellow resident, Louis Vassar Semanchik, were drawn to the project. “[Louis] and I started helping Bill as we were residing here, because we saw potential in his business,” Compagnone said.

The mushroom growing process begins on a microscopic level inside of a petri dish. The mushrooms start out in the early stages of a fungi as a mycelium and grow on sugars inside of the dish. After the mycelium has grown enough, oats commonly used as horse feed are added to provide nutrients to the mycelium and allow it to grow. The

matured mycelium is then mixed in a bag with sawdust, to which the mycelium attaches itself, and begins to grow into mushrooms.

The mushrooms grow in a closedoff room in the basement called the fruiting chamber. Outside of that room, there is an adjoining space that houses a machine called a pond fogger to create artificial humidity. This replicates the ideal natural conditions needed for the mushrooms to grow.

At their indoor farm, Southern Tier Mushrooms mainly grows oyster mushrooms, but it is also experimenting with other types, like lion’s mane and reishi. The gourmet mushrooms produced by the farm are popular not only for their taste, but also for their health benefits. Compagnone explained that oyster mushrooms can lower cholesterol and lion’s mane mushrooms can restore the myelin sheath in the brain, improving memory.

The farm is currently selling its mushrooms to local businesses like health food store Old Barn Hollow and Citrea Restaurant and Bar, both in Downtown Binghamton.

Southern Tier Mushrooms aims to produce fresh mushrooms for businesses in New York, and Compagnone said they are working with five more businesses on possible partnerships.

In the future, Southern Tier Mushrooms plans to expand into a warehouse to grow on a larger scale and distribute to as many people as possible.

To Compagnone, sourcing local food allows distributors to provide benefits of health, taste and quality in ways that nationwide distributors cannot, primarily due to the time it takes to transport them and the preservatives needed. According to him, indoor farming is part of a growing trend, thanks to a renewed interest in do-it-yourself food production and concerns about unstable environmental conditions.

“This is what the future of farming looks like,” Compagnone said.

Rebecca Kiss/Assistant Photography Editor “Saturday Night Live” comedian Aidy Bryant performed in Lecture Hall 1 this past Friday. She included BU-specific humor in her monologue and invited students to participate.

Live from campus, it's Aidy Bryant

The 'SNL' star talked middle school drama in Lecture Hall 1 Odeya Pinkus Arts & Culture Editor Most people wouldn’t want their old diary entries shown on the Lecture Hall 1 projector. But for Aidy Bryant, it was a bit that hit home with the crowd.

The comedian, known for her work on “Saturday Night Live,” performed a stand-up set for a packed room this past Friday night. During her set, Bryant kept the evening lively with stories from her childhood, a slideshow of her old journal and how horrible being in middle school can be.

“You look like a goblin,” Bryant said about those formative years, shortly before launching into a story about a crazy sleepover party she once had.

Continuing to take material from her life, the “Girls” actress read aloud from a chain-mail group message that her young niece invited her to participate in.

“Who is writing this, Usher?” she said about one of the messages, which described the reader as an “angel.”

Bryant drew the crowd in, both figuratively and literally, when she asked for one freshman boy and one freshman girl to join her up front. Giving each of them a set of cards, she had them act out a scene she had written. Matt Trotta, a freshman majoring in biology, was one of the students that came up.

“It was really fun and unexpected, and Aidy was really cool and I had a lot of fun with it,” Trotta said.

The show was opened by “Saturday Night Live” writer Anna Drezen.

“Y’all getting fingered,” she joked to the crowd.

Drezen, an editor-at-large at Reductress, did a lot of crowd work at the start of the show, talking to an audience member and asking the crowd what year

everyone was in. In an attempt to relate, she discussed topics she thought resonated with students, such as dating.

“Dating is cool,” she said. “So do you guys date each other?”

Students expressed satisfaction with Drezen’s parts of the show that had a tone of female empowerment.

“It was great, like, the womancentered jokes,” said Madison Derksema, an undeclared freshman. “It was like, yeah, women comedians, we’re hilarious. That was cool.”

A highlight of the show was looking at pages from a young Bryant’s diary. One entry was about turtles, and another full of things that she had liked at the time. Bryant went page by page, commenting on the various writings and drawings that that she had done years ago.

Bryant and Drezen also both made many Binghamton-specific jokes, with Drezen talking about

BU being a “public Ivy” and Bryant asking if students ever called the school “the Ham.” Lyla Cerulli, the variety chair for the Student Association Programming Board and a senior double-majoring in psychology and classical and Near Eastern studies, said she was happy with the event’s turnout.

“I really thought it went super, super well,” Cerulli said.

“I thought they really were able to connect with [the students.]

When I was walking with them, they asked about little tidbits about the school, so the public Ivy thing, that was me.”

Bryant closed the show with an interactive set, where students asked her questions about the University and she improvised answers.

When asked about our football team, she said that last year was the year they got rid of it, which got an enthusiastic response from the crowd.

F UN OPINIONS Monday, April May 1,3,2017 2017

Why gender sports?

We must re-evaluate how we think about gender in recreation Sarah Tucker

Columnist

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COOPED UP IN COUPER For the past four days, students have studied, slept and protested inside the lobby of the Couper Administration Building.

They have pledged to remain there until the University agrees to meet their demands regarding the use of the money earmarked for the installation of blue lights on the West Side of Binghamton.

The University has no legal obligation to consider student input on how it spends its money — the administration is free to spend its money however it sees fit. However, student voices should matter. If the University is actually interested in promoting student safety — more so than making symbolic, ineffective gestures — then it should make a genuine effort to figure out what safety actually means to its students. The only way to do so is to give students a seat at the table and actively listen to their concerns. A safety initiative that does not represent the concerns of a segment of the student body does not do that.

The Frances Beal Society has issued a list of demands, the first of which has three requests: it wants the administration to release a written statement that pledges that it will not, now or at any point in the future 1) devote resources to the bluelight initiative 2) put any funds toward policing and surveillance in the city of Binghamton and 3) support policing and surveillance infrastructure through any source of income.

The second and third aspects of the above list may pose legitimate challenges to the administration: There may be legal, practical or even ideological reasons why the University cannot or does not wish to make this indefinite commitment, as it has thus far refused to issue any such statement. Yet, even if the administration cannot commit to issuing such a statement, it

should at least have the decency to publicly provide their reasons for not doing so.

If our advice seems simple, that’s because it is: Don’t ignore your students. Treat them with decency and respect as you engage them in conversation and legitimize their concerns. That’s what they want.

The second half of the Frances Beal Society’s demands are that the University administration attends at least four town hall meetings that open to the public to discuss the allocation of funds.

They also specify that the body — we assume meaning those who attend the meeting — have the authority to approve allocation of funds.

We support transparency within this decision process and the University, if it has students’ and the greater community’s best interest in mind, should have no qualms in doing the same. We

do not know how the Frances Beal Society wants this body to approve funds — whether by a majority vote of all individuals, allocating specific votes to different community groups, etc.

— but we do agree that students should have at least some veto power. Otherwise, it would be too easy for the University to quickly renege on its commitment to consider students’ voice. At a time when the administration has lost trust with students, this measure is necessary to regain it.

In a statement sent over B-Line News on April 27, Binghamton University President Harvey Stenger said that the safety of students is his highest concern. If we are to believe that Stenger and the rest of the administration truly feel this way, we must see them take much more of an effort to engage and listen to the students whom they pledge to support.

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.

DEAR

KRISTEN Recently, I’ve been so bummed with all of the terrible news in the world. Between North Korea, Syria and Venezuela, there’s just so much violence and cruelty in the world. I want to get it out of my head, but I can’t ignore human suffering. How can I be happy when there’s so much meanness in the world?

Next to learning the truth about Santa Claus and where you were conceived, realizing that humankind is a plague has got to be the worst blow to our systems. Everywhere you turn, people cheat, lie, rob, rape, murder and sustain systems rooted in heartache, inequality and sadism. Now, you can try to withdraw from these systems on a personal level. Stop wearing clothes that are made in Chinese sweatshops and stop eating meat that’s produced unethically through factory farming. But then you realize that your sweatshirt is made in an equally horrific Mexican maquiladora, and you consume fruit that is picked by exploited migrant workers. In a world like this, you need to pick your causes. You seem to align with a general principle of fairness and nonviolence, so how do you reconcile the fact that unfairness and violence reigns throughout the world?

You can scrutinize every stupid and dangerous thing the government does, attend every protest to advance human rights and still never do enough. Read, explore, talk to as many people as you can, write about suffering, but you can’t cry every moment of the day. Unfortunately, systems of power are devoid of people like you: people who recognize and wish to remedy injustice. But unless you really plan to become a politician, a lawyer or an annoying actor, you have to accept your plebeian status and that you can’t make monumental change. You can involve yourself in these causes if you feel passionate enough.

Volunteer for Greenpeace, Habitat for Humanity or any other worthy organization. If you don’t have enough time, help the world on a micro level. Volunteer for a soup kitchen or animal shelter.

You will meet more like-minded people who share your dedication for a better future.

to endure a few bruises — an idea that can translate into the idea that men are better suited to more powerful positions in general.

There are three forces that ultimately lead to gender inequality in sports and therefore three solutions. The first cause for gender inequality in sports is the gender roles that are impressed upon children from an early age.

When gender expectations and norms are strong enough to be deeply internalized, an individual is unlikely to take part in an activity that is typically thought of as suited for the opposite sex. If society continues in this direction, many young women will grow up without the desire to play sports.

However, a young woman’s family has the ability to neutralize these constraints of gender expectations and gendered perceptions, which would be a possible solution.

The second force that contributes to gender inequality is society’s tendency to label athletes who are women as “female athletes,” since placing “female” before “athletes” signifies that by default, athleticism is for males.

Therefore, athletes who are women must simply be referred to as “athletes.”

The final force that contributes to gender inequality is that women are not given an equal standing in sports. When women perform at the same level as men in the same sports with the same rules, there is evidence against the idea that women in sports are socially inferior, fragile and in need of protection.

Sport is a valuable place to fight for equality even though women are still fighting for equal rights elsewhere such as the workplace.

One of society’s first instructions to children is through sport — boys should be aggressive and active, while girls should be timid and homely. Through this lens, the significance of proper representations of gender in sport cannot be overblown.

Despite the progress that ensued after the passing of Title IX, athletes who are women continue to be marginalized and undervalued.

Compared to men’s athletics, women’s athletics are ignored by potential fans because they are viewed as an inferior product. In NCAA Division I schools, women make up approximately 53 percent of the student body, yet fewer than 46 percent of these schools’ student-athletes are women.

This statistic seemingly reinforces the belief that women “just aren’t as interested in being athletes as men are.” However, delving deeper into this subject, it is apparent that women’s participation is low due to social constructs and a persistent gender inequality in sports. If this is true, then it is important that this problem — symptomatic of larger societal ills — is addressed in order to change the way women are viewed.

In sports, there are clear constraints placed on women due to society’s perception of gender roles. According to researcher Carlie Minichino, “While men are looked at as athletes with no gender attached to this distinction, women are defined by their gender first and thus constrained to an idea that their participation in sport should be limited because of this.” Unless a sport is defined as exclusively for women, it is judged to be for men.

Sports are separated not only by labels, but also by rules. For example, checking is permissible in men’s ice hockey leagues but not in women’s ice hockey leagues because it is “too violent.” Differing rules in the same sport such as this example are rooted in gender expectations.

The absence of these rules in women’s sports can imply to the public that women are fragile and in need of special treatment. — Sarah Tucker is a senior Conversely, men in these sports are majoring in business seen as powerful and tough enough administration.

Graduating jobless? Join the club Don't let your employment status undermine your achievement Giovanna Bernardo

Columnist

“So what are you doing after graduation?” asked every one of my relatives over spring break.

As the end of my last semester of college draws closer, and graduation inevitably comes with it, I find myself being asked this question over and over again. Each time, I give the same answer: I don’t know.

I don’t have a job lined up for after graduation. And I know of countless other seniors who don’t, either.

I’m not going to lie and say that it’s not scary, because it is. The unknown is always scary. There is nothing more ominous to a college student than the real world and the unfamiliarity that lies outside this institution’s walls. However, what I’ve failed to realize over the last three years and what I’ve recently began recognizing is that having a job lined up after graduation isn’t the be-all and end-all; I’m tired of people acting like it is.

Graduating from college is a major life milestone that not everyone reaches. Yet, the excitement and sense of

accomplishment and pride that should be brought on with it are overshadowed by the fear, stress and anxiety caused by the job hunt. If that job hunt doesn’t yield results by the time you put on your cap and gown, graduation is considered a burden rather than a blessing.

This shouldn’t be the case, as the fact that someone doesn’t have a job before they graduate does not discredit all of the time, effort and dedication it took to earn their degree.

Moreover, the fact that I’m still figuring out what I’m doing after graduation and where I will start my working career is not an invitation for pity; this is the norm for college seniors across the United States.

According to a study by Accenture Strategy in 2016, only 21 percent of college graduates nationwide graduated with a job. While this is up from 12 percent in 2015 and 11 percent in 2014, the vast majority (79 percent) of seniors are graduating without jobs. As bleak as it may seem, graduating from college with a steady, career-type job in place is an exception to the rule.

Plus, there are many options out there for the majority of graduating seniors who will not have a job right out of college.

From paid and unpaid internships related to your field to transitional jobs in retail, food service, etc., there are many ways to make money and gain additional work experience until you find that first job, which doesn’t take long for most college grads.

The same Accenture Strategy survey found that 61 percent of 2016 graduates found a job one to six months after graduation. Six months in an internship or retail job isn’t that long, giving you more time to research, apply and interview for positions in your field that will start your career.

It also might be comforting to know that in March 2017, the unemployment rate of people over 25 with a bachelor’s degree or higher was only 2.5 percent, which is a full 2 percent lower than the overall rate. So for those of us who don’t have our life — whether it be short- or longterm — figured out by the time that diploma is in our hands: that is okay.

There’s no set time frame for when your career has to start; whether you have a job or not, all college seniors should treat graduation as the major life achievement it is, rather than letting the stress of not having

a job eclipse how hard you’ve worked to walk across that stage.

— Giovanna Bernardo is a senior double-majoring in English and political science.

In 2016, only 21 percent of college graduates nationwide graduated with a job

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Smart Boy #5

Sudoku

Annabeth Sloan The Bean is Back

Elizabeth Manning

I Used to Be Funny

Elizabeth Manning

Baby's First Comic

Elizabeth Manning

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ANGST COLUMN!!!!!

Haven't seen one of these in a while now have we?? Since my slacking-ass too-tall-ass assisstant-soon-to-be-the-NEW-FUN-PAGE-EDITOR (yaaaaay) is doing I don't even know what I gotta work on this myself (sans the spicy Stenger meme and Annabeth's cute af comic). So I'm feeling nostalgic since I'm leaving this godforsaken campus and running my old comics which were actually funny because if I didn't produce quality content Ben and Nick would lock me in my room without dinner.... stupid dads. But now I'm the dad. And now Nate gets to come home to Papa Lil caringly shitting on him. You're the art hoe now, m'boy. xoxo EM (I'll miss you, dear reader!)

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Binghamton clinches first seed in AE

Powered by Richard's offense, softball sweeps Black Bears

Joseph Burns Pipe Dream Sports

Junior third baseman Kate Richard spearheaded an offensive onslaught for the Binghamton softball team this past weekend, propelling the Bearcats (21-21, 11-2 America East) to a threegame sweep of Maine. The wins secured BU first place in the AE Conference.

“Overall, we saw the team come together,” said BU head coach Michelle Johnston. “We were working for each other.”

The Black Bears (16-21, 10-4 AE) entered this weekend with a tenuous clutch on first place, but BU broke their grasp with back-toback victories on Saturday.

“The goal today [Saturday] was just to have fun and play loose, defending our home turf,” said senior pitcher Shelby Donhauser.

Freshman pitcher Rayn Gibson took the mound against Maine senior pitcher Erin Bogdanovich in the opener. The game intensified in the bottom of the second inning, with Richard hitting a solo home run over the right field fence. Two batters later, freshman catcher Sara Herskowitz followed

suit with a homer, doubling the Bearcats’ lead. Binghamton tacked on another run off a Maine error, leading 3-0 after two innings.

Maine responded immediately in the top of the third, capturing ground and evening the score at three. In the bottom of the fourth, Maine caught another taste of Richard’s impressive swing as she belted her second solo homer of the day to reclaim the lead for Binghamton.

Gibson completed the game with four shutout innings, improving her record to 8-5.

“A lot of people came through, a lot of people had big days,” Donhauser said. “I know Kate [Richard] had, like, two home runs, which was amazing and honestly that just started out momentum and kept it going.”

Richard did not show any signs of fatigue in game two, opening scoring with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the first inning. Senior shortstop Crysti Eichner forced another run in drawing a basesloaded walk.

“I thought [Richard] did a really good job and kept up focus throughout the day,” Johnston said.

Maine junior center fielder Rachel Carlson sparked the Black Bears’ offense in the top of the third inning by crushing an RBI triple deep into right field. BU responded with a more patient approach, as senior designated hitter Gabby Bracchi and junior second basemen Stephanie Bielec drew consecutive bases-loaded walks to score two to push the score to 4-1.

Richard fueled the offense by batting .800 with three RBI in five at-bats, bringing her season RBI total to a conference-best 42.

“Maine’s a great team,” said senior outfielder Bridget Hunt.

“We knew what we had to do, and we knew they weren’t just going to roll over as soon as we stepped onto the field.”

Maine sprung ahead early in the first on Sunday to take a shortlived 2-0 lead.

Bracchi led the Bearcats off with a smooth bunt down the third base line before Bielec reached on an error by the shortstop, leaving two runners on base for Richard.

The powerhouse third baseman then smoked a three-run homer over right center field, securing a 3-2 lead for Binghamton.

Lacrosse drops final game Defensive struggles lead to blowout loss

Yedidya Naiman Pipe Dream Sports

Despite an energetic start, the Binghamton women’s lacrosse team’s defensive issues persisted in its final home game, as they fell 21-10 against No. 17 University at Albany. This game puts BU’s final record for the season at 6-11, 2-4 America East (AE).

The game started off evenly with the Bearcats and the Great Danes (11-4, 5-1 AE) trading the first four goals to put the score at 2-2. The Bearcats then stalled, conceding the next six goals before netting a shot courtesy of sophomore attacker Rebecca Golderman, who scored her second goal of the game on a free

position opportunity.

The Great Danes responded with another four goals before Golderman completed her hat trick with just under five minutes left in the first half. The Bearcats scored an additional two goals in the half, courtesy of sophomore attack Emily Yoo and freshman midfielder Amelia Biancardi.

Albany also scored once more before halftime, putting the score at 13-6 at the end of the half.

The second half proved to be just as difficult for the Bearcats, as they let up three goals before netting two of their own. Senior midfielder Valerie DeNapoli and Yoo both scored for the Bearcats, cutting the lead to eight.

However, Albany then took its lead into double digits, scoring

Katherine Scott/Pipe Dream Photographer Sophomore attack Rebecca Golderman scored three goals in Saturday’s home game, putting her season total at 44 and breaking the BU single-season goal record of 41.

two consecutive goals before Biancardi scored her second goal of the game and the season.

The Great Danes countered this with an additional three goals. DeNapoli was able to score once more for the Bearcats, but with only three minutes remaining in the game, the deficit was out of reach. The final score was 21-10, putting the victory in the hands of the Great Danes.

“Obviously we talk all the time about how it’s a process, and I’m really proud of our girls for the way that they continue to improve on both ends of the field,” said BU head coach Stephanie Allen. “But I think we’re obviously disappointed that we didn’t reach the tournament.

We were plagued by a couple of injuries this season, but I think all in all we’re ready to start working back into things tomorrow and start looking at next year and what we can do to improve upon that.”

Golderman finished the game with three goals and an assist.

She also broke Binghamton’s record for the most goals scored in one season with her first goal of the game; today’s hat trick brought her season total to 44 goals. The previous record was held by midfielder Beth Moore in 2011, with 41 goals.

“I think [Golderman has] done a really, really nice job this season,” Allen said. “She’s increased her number of assists this season and I think in general she’s continued to progress the way that we expected, and I think she’s going to continue working on her game over the summer and have some new tricks in her bag come junior year.”

The BU women’s lacrosse team’s spring 2017 season is over, as the team failed to reach the AE Tournament.

The Bearcats will return to competition next spring.

“[The two previous home runs] were in the back of my mind, but I know it’s best to get up there with a clear mind,” Richard said.

“It’s best to think ‘base hit’ and not ‘home run.’”

The Black Bears held the Bearcats in check until the fourth inning, when an intentional walk to Richard sparked the BU squad.

Hunt then cranked a two-RBI single to center field, expanding her team’s lead. An RBI double from both Herskowitz and Eichner added further assurance for a BU victory. Bielec concluded the game with a sixth-inning RBI base hit that enacted the AE standard mercy rule, giving Binghamton the 10-2 victory and three-game sweep.

The Bearcats are now 1.5 games ahead of second-place Maine with four regular-season games before they enter the first round of the AE Tournament.

“Our biggest thing right now is staying consistent with our energy,” Hunt said. “That’s what’s been moving us along.”

Binghamton’s next game is on Tuesday against Albany. First pitch from Albany Field is set for 2 p.m. in Albany, New York.

Jonathan Flores/Pipe Dream Photographer Junior third baseman Kate Richard was involved in nearly all of Binghamton’s offense this weekend, hitting three home runs and propelling BU in its sweep over Maine.

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Men's lacrosse wins overtime thriller against Stony Brook Licata's game-winning goal clinches Binghamton's first AE postseason berth since 2014 Ciara Gordon Contributing Writer

The Binghamton men’s lacrosse team found itself with an opportunity to clinch a spot in the America East (AE) Tournament for the first time since 2014 when it entered overtime on the road against Stony Brook on Friday.

With less than three minutes left in overtime, junior attack Thomas McAndrew found sophomore midfielder Joe Licata, who fired from up top to pierce the top left corner of the cage and win the game, 6-5. Licata immediately turned, ripped off his helmet and ran toward the Bearcats’ defense, where the rest of the team rushed to celebrate with defenders and senior goaltender Tanner Cosens, who kept them in the game.

“It was great for a guy like Joe Licata, being 10 minutes from his hometown, to be able to stick the game-winner like that,” said BU head coach Kevin McKeown.

“There’s a lot of guys from Long Island, so it was a great crowd to play in front of.”

A predominantly Long Islandbased team, the Bearcats (104, 4-2 AE) had a big turnout in Stony Brook, adding even more excitement and tension to the game that would decide if Binghamton would make it to the AE Tournament for the first time

since 2014.

Despite the energy in the atmosphere, both teams struggled to find the back of the net, with the exception of redshirt senior attacker Tom Moore. The team’s top scorer recorded the Bearcats’ first four goals, three of them being in the first quarter.

“They started shutting him off mid-third quarter with the long pole so he was doing a little bit more off ball,” McKeown said.

Shutting off Moore became an issue for the Bearcats’ offense, who were outshot 7-3 on goal by the Seawolves in the third quarter.

Cosens stepped up in a big way, recording 13 saves in the game and giving BU the possessions they needed. “[Cosens] was really the difference for us,” McKeown said.

“He made numerous point-blank saves, especially in the second half, and bailed us out a couple of times when we had some defensive breakdowns.”

Even with Cosens providing them with extra possessions, the Bearcats continued to struggle with converting those opportunities into goals. After a scoreless second quarter by both teams, Moore added his fourth goal early in the third quarter and then remained silent with the rest of the offense. Binghamton, which averages 30.6 shots on goal

Rebecca Kiss/Assistant Photography Editor Sophomore midfielder Joe Licata scored the game-winning goal for BU with about three minutes left in overtime on Friday.

per game, could only muster 12 against Stony Brook.

Things looked bleak for the Bearcats as they trailed the Seawolves 5-4 near the end of the fourth quarter. All of a sudden, junior midfielder Stephen Petrelli came streaming down the field on a fast break opportunity and ripped

a shot to tie up the game with one minute and 21 seconds remaining in regulation.

“Petrelli and Licata have done a great job all year initiating the offense by drawing some slides and moving the ball,” McKeown said.

“It was nice to see them have the opportunities to both tie the game

and have the game-winner.”

The win put Binghamton in the No. 3 seed and matched up against No. 2 seed UMBC, who defeated the Bearcats 7-6, just two weeks ago.

Faceoff for Thursday’s game against UMBC is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. from the Tom and Mary Casey Stadium at the University at

Albany in Albany, New York.

“I think a big thing for us will be to just treat it like another game,” McKeown said. “In the end we’re just playing another game of lacrosse, so as far as preparation leading up to the game, I don’t think too much will be that different.”

Baseball downs Blue Devils Behind strong pitching, BU takes two of three Yaakov Spivack Contributing Writer

Provided by BU Athletics Sophomore Jack Faraci paced the Bearcats this weekend, shooting a 225 (+9) at the Big Sky Conference Championship.

Golf completes spring season Bearcats place sixth at Big Sky Championship Evan Cole Pipe Dream Sports The Binghamton golf team ended its season this weekend, finishing sixth of eight teams at the Big Sky Conference Championship in Boulder City, Nevada. Dealing with adverse weather for most of the weekend, the Bearcats improved in each round to finish with a 921 (+57).

“The conditions have been pretty rough out there,” said BU head coach Bernie Herceg. “It’s very windy, so it’s been rough on the guys.”

In the first round, Binghamton looked to adjust to these conditions. The Bearcats handled the strong wind relatively well, finishing the day in fifth with a collective score of 316 (+28). Sophomore Jack Faraci paced the team for the round, recording a 76 (+4) and tying for the seventh-best individual score on the day.

Senior Kyle Wambold tallied a 79 (+7) in the opening round, tying for 16th place to start the championships. The Bearcats headed into Saturday within striking distance of first place.

Weber State paced the field with a 303 (+15) and sat only 13 strokes ahead of Binghamton.

“[On Friday], they fought hard to stay in the thick of things,” Herceg said.

“They had some OK rounds, considering how tough the conditions were.”

Binghamton adjusted to the windy conditions on Saturday, improving its team total by three strokes to head into the final round with a 629 (+53). However, significant improvements from Southern Utah and Idaho left the Bearcats in seventh place after the round.

Sacramento State led the field, shooting an 874 (+10) to win by 15 strokes.

Sacramento shot 285 (-3) in the second round and ended the day with a remarkable 18-stroke advantage on the field. For Binghamton, Faraci’s consistent play led the team, as he shot a 75 (+3) to remain tied for seventh. Wambold had an unlucky day, missing a few close opportunities and shooting a 79 (+7) for the second day in a row.

“Kyle [Wambold] has played really solid, but his putter went cold [on Saturday],” Herceg said. “It’s tough when the seniors are not shooting the scores that they are capable of shooting. Today, our goal was to try and make up some ground and maybe

cut the lead in half, but in the end we kind of went in the opposite direction.”

With improved conditions on Sunday, the Bearcats’ performance upgraded significantly in the final round, where BU posted a 292 (+4). The 21-stroke improvement lifted Binghamton to its sixth-place finish. Most notably, Wambold returned to form, shooting a 71 (-1) and propelling himself to a top-20 finish. Faraci continued his strong play, recording a 74 (+2) in the final round to finish tied for 10th place. Senior Sameer Kalia also ended the tournament strongly, tallying a 70 (-2) after entering the day 22 strokes above par.

Herceg anticipated this improvement from his squad, citing the less windy weather as the main reason. Sacramento State posted another 285 (+10) stroke round to secure a NCAA regional berth. Sacramento sophomore Aaron Beverly finished first individually, shooting a 215 (-1) to secure an automatic NCAA individual regional berth.

Moving into next season, the Bearcats lose two seniors, Wambold and Kalia, leaving plenty of opportunity for new leaders.

The Binghamton baseball team hosted Central Connecticut this weekend for a three-game series, with two games on Saturday and the final match on Sunday afternoon. Earlier this season, these teams faced off in a doubleheader in New Britain, Connecticut, which was split 1-1. With this final series of the season, both teams were keen to come away with the win.

On Saturday, the Bearcats (22-9, 9-2 America East) traded victories with the Blue Devils (2218, 12-5 Northeast Conference), winning the first game 6-1 and losing the second, 3-2. On Sunday, Binghamton came back to win 3-2 in 11 innings, emerging victorious in the weekend series.

“Our goal every weekend … is to try and win a series,” said BU head coach Tim Sinicki.

“We knew we had a very good opponent in Central Connecticut, so we achieved what our goal was for the weekend, which is at the very least, [to] win two or three.”

Game one of the series started with a bang, as Central Connecticut junior infielder Dean Lockery hit a home run in the top of the first inning. The Bearcats answered in the bottom of the same inning, as a double from junior catcher Jason Agresti knocked in redshirt sophomore third baseman Justin Yurchak.

The Bearcats continued to score five unanswered runs throughout the remainder of the game. During the second inning, junior outfielder CJ Krowiak singled to left field, allowing sophomore designated hitter Matt Tsukroff to score.

Then, a home run from Yurchak in the fifth brought two runners home. Sophomore pitcher Nick Gallagher had another steady outing, allowing only one run in six innings pitched.

In the nightcap, the Blue Devils responded from their disappointing first game performance, jumping out to a 3-0 lead through four innings.

Eager to get on the scoreboard, the Bearcats rallied to score two runs during the sixth inning, with RBI singles from Yurchak and senior first baseman Brendan Skidmore.

After a scoreless seventh inning, the game concluded with Central Connecticut evening the series at one.

During Sunday’s game, Binghamton was able to win in exciting fashion. In the first inning, Central Connecticut jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead.

A home run from Skidmore for BU in the second tied the game at one. The game remained tied until the top of the sixth, when the Blue Devils tacked on another run. During the bottom of that same inning, Skidmore tied the game again with an RBI single. The game remained stagnant offensively until the 11th inning, when a walk-off RBI single from Skidmore with the bases loaded gave the Bearcats a thrilling victory.

“I think they all believe in each other,” Sinicki said. “I feel like we do a very good job competing

from the very first pitch of the game until the very last out of the game.”

Binghamton was able to rebound strongly following a blowout loss to Cornell earlier this week. This ability to rebound is a microcosm of the Bearcats’ season, as they have rarely lost consecutive games.

“We’ve really done a good job with our timely hitting,” Sinicki said. “We’re able to find ways to get guys in sometimes with two outs, and two-run RBIs are really back-breakers on the other team. When you have those … things going, I think you just have a chance to win a lot of ball games.”

The Bearcats are set to face St. Bonaventure University on Tuesday. First pitch is scheduled for 4 p.m. from the Bearcats Sports Complex in Vestal, New York.

Rebecca Kiss/Assistant Photography Editor Redshirt sophomore third baseman Justin Yurchak powered the Bearcats’ offense this weekend, batting .375, including a home run and three RBIs.