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Vigil honors deaths of BC inmates After five prisoners die in Broome County jail, activists seek reform Hannah Walter Contributing Writer

Kevin Sussy/Photography Editor From left: Addie Dean, a senior majoring in cinema; Tim Bobrowski, a senior majoring in English; Kelly Nunziata, a senior majoring in environmental studies; and Jamie Mondello, a senior majoring in integrative neuroscience, write letters to elected officials across New York state and to President Donald Trump to voice concerns.

Students voice concerns, pen letters to elected officials Over 60 letters sent to NY senators, President Trump as part of 10 actions in first 100 days movement Jillian Forstadt Contributing Writer

Over 25 students gathered at a classmate’s home in Binghamton on Saturday to write letters to elected officials across New York as part of a national movement to voice concerns regarding President Donald Trump’s recent executive orders.

The event was hosted by Addie Dean, a senior majoring in cinema; Jamie Mondello, a senior majoring in integrative neuroscience; and Eric Timlin, a senior double-majoring in history and

philosophy, politics and law. They were among marchers at the Women’s March on Washington and were inspired to host the event, independent of Binghamton University, after protesting alongside hundreds of thousands.

“I went to this march feeling all this kind of pride and love and all this solidarity, but if I go home and just pat myself on the back I’ll feel like a sham,” Mondello said. “For me, [the march] was just a little pep rally to say that we can do this.”

The 10 Actions in 100 Days campaign, created by the organizers of the Women’s

March on Washington, will release a new way for people to become politically active every 10 days. Following the march, the campaign began encouraging people to write letters to their senators by providing printable resources, ideas on what to write and information where participants can find the contact information for elected officials.

The hosts were motivated to create a productive group environment, and provided everything from coffee and donuts to paper and stamps for their guests. The attendees wrote a total of 60 letters, addressed to Sen. Kirsten

Gillibrand, Sen. Charles Schumer, state Sen. Fred Akshar and Rep. Claudia Tenney, as well as Trump. Timlin said the substantial number of letters produced was due to the powerful visualization of action.

“If you make an event out of it, it makes people even more excited to come,” Timlin said. “Being politically active on your own is very difficult.”

The Women’s March and its initiatives have been criticized for being exclusive in their activities and mission, but Dean

Students and locals gathered outside of the Broome County Clerk’s office on Hawley Street Saturday to remember the lives of five inmates who died while in Broome County Sheriff’s Corrections Division’s correctional facility and to protest in favor of criminal justice reform.

The first of these deaths occurred in 2001, but in the last two years, four more detainees passed away while in custody.

There is much speculation around the causes of death, some of which have been ruled suicides.

The event, “Vigil and Call to Action,” was organized by Justice and Unity for the Southern Tier. The local nonprofit advocates for the rights and humane treatment of inmates in Southern New York.

Around 35 protesters, half of whom were students, attended the event, despite the cold and snowy weather. There was a moment of silence as well as speeches by Binghamton University sociology professor William Martin, leaders of progressive local organizations, such as Truth Pharm and the NAACP, and family members of current and former inmates. They spoke of the current conditions in the jail and the need for immediate change.

“You are going to hear tales from the county executives that they provide good medical care, that they don’t racial profile and people get treated for substance abuse

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Greek life showcased at annual exposition Alumna offers career advice Over 50 social, multicultural groups look to recruit new members Ying Wu, '14, talks resources for int'l students Alana Epstein Pipe Dream News

Binghamton University fraternities and sororities gathered Saturday night in Old University Union’s Mandela Room to showcase their organizations and recruit new members.

The Greek life exposition was a new extension of “Fraternity and Sorority Night,” an event that is held by MALIK fraternity and Lambda Theta Alpha Latin sorority each spring.

Traditionally, the event has been held only for the multicultural organizations because they are not part of the Panhellenic Council for sororities and the Interfraternity Conference (IFC). In previous years, social and professional organizations held their own exposition.

According to MALIK member Zachary Mowatt, a senior majoring in mechanical engineering, the exposition was created in order to include all of Greek life.

“We did it differently this semester because we wanted to incorporate all fraternity and sorority life,” Mowatt said.

“We felt there was a separation between

the multicultural [organizations] and other fraternities and sororities on campus, so we wanted to bring everyone together. We wanted to give all [organizations] the opportunity to table and show what they’re about.”

Of the 53 recognized fraternities and sororities on campus, over 20 of them are considered multicultural organizations.

According to Jose Maldonado, a diversity fellow for the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at BU, although there is sometimes a negative stigma toward Greek life, the multicultural organizations do a lot of positive work for the community.

“Binghamton University strives to develop a diverse culture and community on campus,” Maldonado said. “Multicultural fraternities and sororities have been doing a lot of work with philanthropy, scholarship, brotherhood and sisterhood to rid of the negative stigma towards Greek life.

We are doing really important work in terms of social justice and just pushing that opportunity for new students to come and get involved.”

According to L.C. Coghill, the director of fraternity and sorority life at BU, 44 fraternities and sororities signed up to table at the event and 16 signed up to perform. Performances ranged from dances and strolls to chants and musical performances.

“Every January we try to put on an event for any students who are interested in learning more about fraternities and sororities to see everything we have to offer,” Coghill said. “It’s almost like University Fest but just for fraternities and sororities.”

The newest organization tabling at the exposition was Delta Phi Omega, BU’s first South Asian interest sorority.

According to Delta Phi Omega president Shruti Sharma, a junior majoring in accounting, although the group just came to campus last semester, the Greek life community has been inviting and welcoming to their organization.

“We initially decided that we wanted to start a South Asian interest sorority because we had two South Asian

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Address in Albany on Jan. 23, highlighting “For many students, navigating the accomplishments of the SUNY system college financing is really a challenge, over the past decade. preventing them from even applying, let Zimpher focused on praising the alone completing a degree,” Zimpher said. inclusivity and affordability of the SUNY “So, to solve this problem we built the ARTS & CULTURE

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Raquel Panitz/Staff Photographer Binghamton University alumna and Goldman Sachs analyst Ying Wu, ‘14, gives a talk on her experience as an international student transitioning from college to the workforce.

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Since we introduced Smart Track, the number of SUNY students graduating with student loan debt is going down — by 5 percent in the last year alone. Now, almost half of all SUNY students graduate debt-free.”

Zimpher focused on Binghamton University at times in her 45-minute

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Ying Wu, a Binghamton University alumna and Goldman Sachs analyst, shared her experience as an international student transitioning from college to the workforce to a crowd of BU students on Friday afternoon.

The Cool Connections, Hot Alumni talk was arranged as part of the International Student Career Success Boot Camp, a weeklong series of programs designed to assist international students with professional development. The event was sponsored by the Fleishman Center for Career and Professional Development and Harpur Edge.

Wu was born in China and came to BU as an international student. She graduated from BU in 2014 with a bachelor’s degree in actuarial science,

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and during her time at the University, she served as the president of the International Connection club, an orientation adviser and an academic tutor.

After interning at Goldman Sachs, Wu took on a full-time job there as a margins and collateral analyst, which involves helping assess financial risk and moving collateral, or money used as security for a loan, for clients.

Paul Deamer, an employer and alumni outreach consultant at the Fleishman Center, said that the programs held throughout the week help international students navigate the U.S. job market. Other events included workshops on résumé building, networking and interviewing.

“There are fewer employers who will hire international students because they require visa sponsorship,”

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Chancellor outlines SUNY progress Activists call for BC jail reform SUNY FROM PAGE 1 speech. She spoke about BU’s Bridges to the Baccalaureate college-transition program. “[The program] transitions students from Broome and Corning Community Colleges to four-year programs in the sciences,” Zimpher said. “A whopping 95 percent of these students finish their degree.”

Another BU program Zimpher highlighted on SUNY’s website is the 20:1 Sexual Assault Prevention Program, in which peer-interns educate fellow students on sexual assault issues. She held it up as an example of positive work being done at the University level.

She also detailed the establishment of the SUNY Impact Foundation, which will

operate in a similar fashion to the Binghamton University Foundation, but on a system-wide basis.

“SUNY has created the SUNY Impact Foundation to enable the system - for the first time in its history - to actively seek private sector investment and publicprivate partnerships,” reads the SUNY website.

The Foundation will allow SUNY to raise money in support of a variety of projects across the university system.

Providing a wide swath of students with an opportunity for a college education that is both affordable and flexible can be difficult at times, Zimpher said. To combat this problem, SUNY has awarded 8,000 degrees to students who have taken the

majority of their courses online in the last year.

“Recent studies underscore that state universities deliver real mobility — providing affordable, high-quality opportunities that lift graduates into the middle class and beyond,” Zimpher said.

“Access to higher education — completing higher education — matters; college graduates significantly out-earn people who stop at a high school diploma.”

Zimpher made it clear that the SUNY’s long-term goal is to focus on degree completion. “[More] SUNY students than ever are finishing degrees — more than 96,000 completions a year,” Zimpher said. “Which is well on our way to our target of awarding 150,000 degrees annually by 2025.”

Students write letters for change LETTERS FROM PAGE 1 said she believed that the letterwriting campaign aims to benefit everyone.

“I don’t think it’s about Republicans and Democrats,” Dean said. “It’s about human rights, and that’s what we’re writing for.”

Many of the students in attendance had marched alongside their peers in the prior weeks.

Matteo Maroun, a junior majoring in economics, volunteered at the Women’s March on Binghamton with Citizen Action of New York, and on Saturday attended the

gathering as a means for further action.

“There’s always going to be something out there that you can get involved in,” Maroun said.

“The next step for everyone here is just, if you see something, do something. There’s a lot of great organizations, even just here in Binghamton.”

Claire Luceri, a senior majoring in business administration, attended the event to take political action on the issues that matter to her, and encouraged other students to do the same.

“If you have an opinion about something, it’s your responsibility

to get involved and be informed about issues in your community and speak out about them because you can’t really have a say until you take action about it,” Luceri said.

The hosts said they are planning more events for students at BU with future pop-up events.

The most important thing, Mondello said, was turning words into action.

“It’s about changing the dynamic from just talking about it to doing something about it,” Mondello said. “Instead of just posting on Facebook, we actually sit down and call.”

Greek life gathers at exposition GREEK FROM PAGE 1 interest fraternities and there was no female representation,” Sharma said. “As soon as we got on campus and were revealed it was so awesome because so many [organizations] were showing us support and giving us shout-outs and were very welcoming, so just walking around with our letters on was a really exciting day for us.”

For students like Taire Herasme, a senior majoring in political science, Greek life was never something she was

interested in, but an event similar to this exposition exposed her to the multicultural organizations on campus and helped her find her niche in Lambda Theta Alpha.

“I joined Lambda Theta Alpha because they are the first Latina sorority in the nation,” Herasme said. “When I first came to campus I wasn’t really interested in Greek life, but as I saw them perform and hold events, I saw that I could recognize myself with them and what they did.

Ever since I joined I feel like I’m home.”

Casey Tin/Staff Photographer Fraternities and sororities gather in the Mandela Room of Old University Union on Saturday night to recruit new members.

VIGIL FROM PAGE 1 disorders in the jail,” Martin said.

“It’s not true. Don’t believe the hype. Read the state reports. They are riddled with accusations and documentation over the denial of medical care, of unnecessary deaths, of a system run amok.”

Tajshna Robinson, an undeclared freshman, said she heard about the event through the BU College Progressives club and wanted to attended the vigil so she could help make a change in the community.

“As a freshman, one of the things I am realizing more and more is that the University is very secluded from the community,” Robinson said. “We should be more involved in helping the people of Broome County better their towns because we are also a part of this area.”

Justice and Unity for the Southern Tier’s reform proposals included better medical care for inmates, an oversight committee to evaluate the conditions of the jail, the end of bail and a 50 percent reduction of the prison population at the county correctional facility in Dickinson.

The activists were encouraged to continue putting pressure on local officials by contacting their offices and going to town halls so that the broken system can begin to be repaired. Robinson said she

felt optimistic after the protest.

“The fact that people were willing to stand out in this freezing weather and talk about reform, and share stories and testimonies about their experience with the system, shows real hope for eventual change,” Robinson said.

Kojo Senoo, a junior triplemajoring in philosophy, sociology and political science, said that he attended to show support for those who have been incarcerated in both the Southern Tier and around the country.

“Many of these people have been done wrong by the criminal justice system, not just in Broome County but all over America,” Senoo said. “I feel that it is so crucial for people who are not incarcerated to show solidarity with those individuals.”

Don’t believe the hype.

Read the state reports. They are riddled with accusations — Bill Martin, BU Professor

Kevin Sussy/Photography Editor Organized by Justice and Unity for the Southern Tier, students and locals gathered outside 44 Hawley St. to remember the lives of inmates who died while under the custody of the Broome County Sheriff’s Correctional Division.

Analyst, alumna gives talk at BU WU FROM PAGE 1 Deamer said.

During the talk, Wu spoke about the challenges that international students face, especially when trying to find jobs. However, she also spoke about the advantages that international students have over their domestic peers, such as being bilingual.

“I was an international student and I completely understand how hard it can be to get hired,” Wu said. “When you think about being an international student, do not think about it as a disadvantage.

Just the fact that you are studying in the United States and learning a new language is a strength.”

Wu also discussed the

difficult transition that many graduates face after school when they must adjust to working a full-time job. She stated that this transition is even harder for international students due to cultural barriers.

“In college, you can pick and choose what classes you want to go to or what emails you answer, but at work you do not have these choices,” Wu said. “After you get a job, it requires a lot of communication skills, and that can be hard for international students. There are still jokes my coworkers make that I do not fully understand.”

Nevertheless, Wu encouraged students to take advantage of the resources available to them. She said this talk was an opportunity for students to gain a perspective of what it means

to be an international student in the job market.

“When I graduated, I expected that I would be going back to China to work,” Wu said. “Instead, I now work in New York. People were there as a resource to me while I was in college, and I want to do the same for students at this talk.”

Students at the program said they were inspired by Wu’s story. Shujing Cui, a senior majoring in actuarial science, is also an international student from China, and said that she gained a lot from listening to Wu. “I got good information about how to apply for internships and jobs as an international student, and I gained some interview skills,” Cui said. “I feel confident now.”

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Unknown male reported sleeping in Susquehanna suite FRIDAY, Jan. 27, 5:02 a.m. — Patrols responded to Glenwood Hall of Susquehanna Community for a report of an unknown male sleeping in a suite, said Investigator Dennis Bush of Binghamton’s New York State University Police. The victim, a 20-year-old female, contacted UPD concerning a trespasser who had entered her common room and fell asleep.

Although the suspect, a 19-year-old male, had left the hall prior to the responders’ arrival, the patrol was able to locate and identify him walking toward Parking Lot M. According to UPD, the male appeared to be intoxicated. Also, he was unable to answer any of the officers’ questions. Harpur’s Ferry was dispatched to the location to take the suspect to the hospital. The victim did not want to pursue criminal charges against the male.

Wallet stolen in Appalachian Collegiate Center FRIDAY, Jan. 27, 2:26 p.m. — UPD was contacted in regard to a larceny involving a stolen wallet from Appalachian Collegiate Center, Bush said. The victim, a 51-year-old male, claimed that someone had stolen his black leather wallet out of his coat pocket from the locker room.

The unknown suspect allegedly laid out the victim’s credit cards, IDs and driver’s license all over the floor.

There was no cash in his wallet when it was stolen. The investigation is ongoing and the victim chose Student Conduct and human resources action if the perpetrator is found.

Stray cat found on campus SATURDAY, Jan. 28, 7:59 p.m. — UPD’s community response team responded to Old Digman Hall of Old Dickinson Community for a report of a domestic cat outside of the building, Bush said. Five minutes after

the initial sighting, the responders received another call from Onondaga Hall of College-in-the-Woods from a resident who had taken the animal into her suite. The reporter claimed that she was walking by Old Digman Hall when the cat approached her and was very friendly.

Fearing that the cat, who was later named Chuckster, would get hit by a car, the resident housed the animal until the community response team arrived to Onondaga Hall. All owners of emotional support animals on campus were then contacted to see if any owner had lost this cat, but the results were negative.

An officer later transported Chuckster to Every Dog’s Dream Adoption Center where they will hold on to her until she is claimed or adopted.

Cash and goods stolen from Dickinson dorm SUNDAY, Jan. 29, 10:15 a.m. — Responders dispatched to Digman Hall of Dickinson Community for a theft report of missing items, Bush said. The victims, two 19-year-old males, reported that they were missing two Ray-Ban sunglasses (valued at $220 and $150), $20 in cash from a wallet and $100 in cash from a satchel. The items were stolen during the previous morning between 4:30 and 9:45, when both victims were asleep with their suite door unlocked. The victims originally chose criminal prosecution if the perpetrator was found. After reviewing video footage of the floor later in the day, the victims were able to identify the suspect, a 19-year-old male. The footage revealed the suspect, in an apparently intoxicated state, roaming the hall and moving in and out of doorways sometimes appearing with items he was not originally holding. The victims chose to refer him to Student Conduct instead of seeking criminal charges. All of the missing items were returned.

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University Art Museum features 20th-century works on paper Student curators, music department come together to celebrate opening of six new exhibitions Erica Doyle Contributing Writer Capturing the complexity of life in two dimensions is challenging, but for the artists featured in the Binghamton University Art Museum’s new show, paper offered the perfect medium.

“Works on Paper Between the Wars” features prints and drawings of life made between World War I and World War II. Pieces for the show were donated by Gil and Deborah Williams and were celebrated in an opening on Thursday at the University Art Museum. The Binghamton residents donated over 400 works from their private collection, approximately 100 of which are now on display in the main gallery, located in the Fine Arts Building.

The show offers a glimpse into many facets of life in the ’20s, ’30s and ’40s, and pieces are grouped by theme rather than categorized by artist or timeline. Additionally, each wall in the gallery is titled with a singular word, such as “home,” “faces,” “work” and “play.”

Diane Butler, director of the University Art Museum, spoke about the unique task of incorporating so many styles and genres into the exhibit.

“It was a challenge for us to design, because you want things to have contrast but not fight too much,” said Butler, who has been at the helm of the museum for five years.

The images reflect a distinct sense of nostalgia, recalling the many American lives that were uprooted during the time following the World War I and

the Great Depression. The categories of subject matter reflect what was relevant in the era, and the section titled “work” is given particular prominence.

“It seemed right to have ‘work’ as the middle of the wheel, with the other categories serving as spokes,” Butler said.

“The artists were able to work during the Great Depression and make some money. That was a wonderful power of the federal government, and [it] is still very important for the federal government to continue to support institutions like the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities.”

The main gallery is accompanied by an exhibition titled “Fashionable Impressions” on the mezzanine level, which is a collaboration between the

museum and costume designers in the theatre department.

Vintage clothing from the era has been paired with one or multiple works of art from the same period. In the lower galleries, four smaller exhibits are on display, three of which are curated by students.

Music students also performed as a part of the gallery’s opening. On Thursday evening, members of assistant professor Daniel Davis’ fall MUS 331: Composition I class played pieces they had composed using images from the Williams’ collection as inspiration.

“One of our final projects was to write a piece, and we were given access to the collection and each picked a work of art to compose music about,” said Matthew Zehnbauer, who

took the class and is a senior double-majoring in physics and music. “I chose to overlay my piece, ‘Beauty of the Flower,’ with a quote from the physicist Richard Feynman, and it’s based on an image of a violinist.”

This is the third time Butler has collaborated with Davis and the music department to host a student performance in the museum.

“The delight of coming to the performance is that some students go down some very distinctive paths with their projects, whether it’s using electronic music or orchestration,” Butler said.

“That is their creative endeavor.

It’s so nice that a work of art can inspire another work of art.”

Nearly 270 people visited the gallery during the twohour opening, some of which

were members of the local community.

“I’m a big fan of Diane Butler, and I think what she’s doing at the University is really wonderful,” said Mary Webster, a Binghamton area resident and local business owner. “I appreciate all the collaboration with the music department, and also the way in which she involves the students in curating the exhibitions is great, and I like to support that.”

On Feb. 16, at noon, Gil Williams will hold a public discussion with Diane Butler.

He will share histories about the works on display and talk about his experience meeting and interviewing many of the artists during the ‘70s and ‘80s.

The exhibit will be open until March 31.

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Stephen Ruiz/Contributing Photographer The John Arthur Café is named after John Arthur, the director and professor of BU’s program in philosophy, politics and law from 1988 to 2006.

Coffee, comfort and conversation Located in Fine Arts, John Arthur Café honors late professor Sarah Rahman Contributing Writer Café feels like stepping into a quiet corner of a busy city. Though there is life and motion outside on the Spine, the coffee shop has a soothing, tranquil atmosphere.

The cafe serves as a place where students and professors alike can hang out between classes. Some come to study, while others enjoy a cup of coffee and relax on a sofa.

Named after the late Binghamton University philosophy professor John Arthur, the cafe stands both as a tribute to and a gift for him. Arthur died in 2007 after a yearlong fight with lung cancer. But before his passing, Arthur spent a great deal of time outside the classroom speaking with his students.

“I think he would have liked [the cafe] … the reason he has a cafe named after him is he thought the most important thing to do was to go to cafes, drink coffee, and it was especially important to him to go to cafes

and talk about philosophy,” said Eric Dietrich, a good friend of Arthur and professor of philosophy at BU. Dietrich described Arthur as a brilliant and beloved professor, with a quick laugh.

“He was an intense teacher, though,” Dietrich said. “His courses were hard. I think students loved him.”

Arthur was the director of the philosophy, politics and law department at BU. Not only did he create the interdisciplinary major, but he also authored three books and co-edited more than eight, one of which, “Morality and Moral Controversies,” is a leading introductory textbook in moral and political philosophy in the United States today.

Now the cafe offers a relaxed and open environment for students to talk, study or just grab a bagel. Situated conveniently in the Fine Arts Building, only steps away from New University Union and Glenn G. Bartle Library, it serves as a great place to

Duncan McInnes, a senior double-majoring in graphic design and Spanish, has worked at the cafe since last semester.

“Even before I started working here, it was my favorite place on campus, like I came here every day so I figured I might as well work here, since I was here all the time,” McInnes said. “I think it’s the best place to study also.”

Sean Clarke, a sophomore majoring in political science, also works at the cafe and sees it as a space where education and social activity converge.

“It’s a great place that fosters education through social connections and [has] great deals on coffee,” Clarke said.

Covering one wall is a mural of a cafe on a busy sidewalk. The painting shows people talking and eating at tables sheltered from the sunlight under green umbrellas. This image of students relaxing and discussing mirrors the feel of the cafe on any given day and seems to be exactly what Arthur would have wanted.

It’s hard to go on Facebook these days without being greeted with a piece of news that is either shocking, disturbing or both.

Thankfully, among the great influx of bad news, there are dedicated comedians who are taking to the internet to express themselves the only way they know how — by making fun of the world around us.

You may already know about The Onion and its sister site ClickHole. With the tagline “America’s Finest News Source,” The Onion can be counted on for quick and witty responses to current events, as well as funny social commentary. Their headlines often push boundaries, and The Onion has a great way of its readers think as they laugh.

For those with a penchant for the absurd, ClickHole should be home base, with its often nonsensical and always wacky pieces. But in the wide world of the web, there’s so much more news style comedy to go around than just these two URLs. For an endless supply of laughs, check out these sites, because as the saying goes, if you don’t laugh, you’ll cry.

1) Reductress Founded in 2013, Reductress is a satire magazine by and for women. According to its website, Reductress’ mission is to “take on the outdated perspectives and condescending tone of popular women’s media.” Reductress also just came out with a book called “How to Win at Feminism,” written

by Beth Newell, Sarah Pappalardo and Anna Drezen. Poking jabs at content often found in magazines like Cosmopolitan, Reductress has commentary on topics like sex, relationships and entertainment.

It tackles feminist issues, all while

allowing for a healthy amount of laughing at oneself.

2) The Hard Times For those who are just dying for a place to joke about the punk rock scene, The Hard Times should be your go-to. Check out this site for headlines like “It happened to me: I literally moshed my face off.” The Hard Times wants you to take its news and just run with it, or as its website states, “just absorb the information as truth and move on.” If you’re not into the punk scene, don’t fret, because The Hard Times still has content for you. You’ll find some political commentary with headlines like “Chris Christie deployed to Home Depot for border wall materials.”

3) Above Average Above Average describes itself as a “multi-disciplinary entertainment company that develops, produces and distributes original comedy programming.”

Check its site for not just satire articles, but comedy videos as well. Some of Above Average’s videos feature celebrity guests, and the site also has a video series called “Alec Baldwin’s love ride,” where Alec Baldwin gives people relationship advice while driving them around in a taxi cab. Its readable content does feature some political commentary, but it also features pieces like “Guy Fieri’s kids: ‘The Food Network is killing our father.’”

Provided by Reductress An example of some of the headlines you can find on the satire site Reductress.

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Elevating evaluation Student feedback should be required at BU Emily Houston

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During the final day of classes last semester, I remember walking out of the classrooms of the Student Wing and Lecture Hall feeling disgruntled. While I had made it through another semester of instruction from professors whose ability ranged from barely adequate to mind-blowingly brilliant, I was bothered by something: Half of my professors for the semester did not offer student evaluations of teaching.

Two of the professors who had taught, tested and tortured me for an entire 15 weeks offered no platform for me to express my opinions on the semester, and no opportunity to provide compliments or feedback that could improve their teaching.

How was it that these professors were getting away without using evaluations?

As it turns out, professors at Binghamton University are not required to give student evaluations of teaching on a year-to-year basis.

Evaluations by students are only necessary while a teacher is in the process of getting tenured or promoted, but the average professor is under no contractual obligation to offer evaluations.

Under Section VII of the Faculty-Staff Handbook titled

“Instructional Policies: Student Evaluation of Teaching,” it reads, “The Office of Institutional Research and Assessment administers a Student Opinion of Teaching (SOOT) questionnaire for courses upon request from instructors. SOOTs are only one of many possible approaches to student evaluation of teaching, and are themselves voluntary.” Based on this University policy, it is left to the discretion of BU professors to offer end-of-semester evaluations or not.

While students at this university are evaluated by professors each and every semester, these teachers are, in turn, not required to be evaluated by their students.

Not offering evaluations is an absolute missed opportunity for professors. Beyond that, it conflicts with the core ideas that a higher institution of learning should hold: to learn, and to expand students’ knowledge not only of the world around us, but knowledge about themselves.

The aim of evaluations is for students to give their opinions of the teaching throughout the semester and offer any suggestions that might improve future students’ proficiency in the subject. However, the policy of the University conveys the idea that professors have no room to grow, and no changes that need to be made in order to better their role as our teachers, thereby undermining the same principles that our school stands for.

Additionally, this protocol creates the sentiment that students’ voices do not matter to the University. Evaluations are one of the few platforms that students have in order to express the ineffectiveness of a teacher.

As no one is better attuned to professors’ abilities than students themselves, one would think that the BU administration considers evaluations to be of vital significance. Yet, rather than listening to our opinions, the lack of a requirement for student evaluations leaves students’ voices unheard, almost suggesting that substandard teaching is satisfactory to BU. The fact that student evaluations of teaching are not mandatory at this University is disappointing and defies the principles that BU claims to represent. Both effective and ineffective instructors need to be given the opportunity to learn how to improve, something that will not be done as long as professors are getting away with not administering evaluations. Just as students are expected to better themselves throughout their time at BU, teachers, too, need to be held to this standard. Without a change of policy, students’ voices will continue to be overshadowed by professors’ lack of accountability.

— Emily Houston is a sophomore double-majoring in English and political science.

Guest Columnist

Democrats are in need of a vision

Members of the party must work together to develop a clear, accessible platform Adam Wilkes Guest Columnist

Welcome to the new world.

Whether you are an apologist for Marxism, or a centrist believer in individual freedoms and responsible government, you’re in the opposition now. To varying degrees, communities around the world will soon see their expectations of economic security, social equality and environmental accountability under intense assault. Some will be better off than others. But if we strive to be the empathetic and caring children that our parents

raised, we ought to force ourselves to feel like we are all in this together.

We are, period.

The diagnostic for why the Democratic Party and everyone to its left was defeated in the calamitous presidential election of last year has spurred ruthless and healthy debate.

The only thing I’ll say that I believe to be the most under-acknowledged in the conversations I’ve had is this: We need a vision.

Despite lacking realism, President Donald Trump’s ideas were tangible, and thoroughly communicated to the electorate on a variety of platforms. Few voters knew or cared what Hillary Clinton wanted to do for the United States and that was her fault as a candidate,

not the electorate’s.

Not a slogan, not a chant. A vision. “Stronger Together” wasn’t a vision. Neither is the vague and abused term “progressive.” It’s not the role of a slogan to perfectly describe the policy prescriptions behind it, but that brand has to be matched with a ridiculously clear vision of what progressive politics can do for the average voter.

Instead of building a wall on the southern border, let’s build a network of wind farms and solar energy plants across all 50 states.

Let’s invest trillions of dollars in both creating millions of jobs for the disillusioned and putting the brakes on climate change. Let’s make the bankers who ripped us off in 2008

pay for it. Let’s create a division in the Justice Department, of only the brightest and most diverse leaders, a big budget and broad legal authority, to identify and scrutinize any police department engaged in militarism and brutality. Let’s create a nationwide public health insurance option with premiums so beautifully low it’ll force Aetna and Cigna out of business unless they reduce their co-pays and premiums as well.

Let’s not retreat from globalization; let’s celebrate it.

Instead of squeezing the budgets of underdeveloped countries as a condition for loans from the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, let’s help them attain

working conditions on par with the global north, so businesses don’t have to move their jobs overseas.

And if they do, let’s build sweeping highways and sleek railroads to connect the cities of the Earth.

Marseilles to Lagos in five hours.

Scranton to Bogotá in 10.

If migrant labor is only becoming more widespread, why not transcend the artificial borders that divide us and create a global economy where anyone has access to their dreams? Let’s encourage the erasing of borders, design global universities free for all peoples and multilateral labor and human rights agreements that can synchronize the minimum wage across the globe. Fewer than 15

rich individuals own more wealth than the bottom 5 percent. They benefited from the globalization crusade, so let them pay to unleash vast and promising opportunities for people everywhere.

But that’s only my vision. Let’s get the dialogue rolling on the world our generation wants to inherit. The more perspectives, the better.

We can call ourselves progressive. But unless we can visualize what we’re progressing toward, we’re just defending the status quo which has left so many frustrated.

— Adam Wilkes is a junior double-majoring in economics and sociology.

The unmentioned drawbacks of Turnitin

The service allows greater efficiency, yet risks sacrificing diligence and trust Brad Calendrillo

Contributing Columnist

Many college students have had instructors who required them to submit their essays through a system called Turnitin.

It has become such a norm that it is rare to find a student who has never heard of it.

There are several evident positives to the platform, primarily ones that save professors time and effort in grading papers. Rather than professors having to search through each sentence for copied content, the system acts

as an efficient way to check for plagiarism since it automatically compares the student’s work to previously published online documents.

As a result, Turnitin encourages original work for written compositions.

The Turnitin website points to the fact that according to an eight-year study, “schools using Turnitin reduced unoriginal writing by 33 percent over the course of the study’s time span.”

However, there are several drawbacks to the system that negatively affect users of the program. Students can be wrongly accused of plagiarizing through the system if the professor does not double-check

what the system found as unoriginal. For instance, if someone writes the sentence “there is not enough money to go around” in an essay, it can be identified by the system as plagiarism since those words are found throughout the internet.

However, it would not qualify as plagiarism if the student writes that statement by themselves and it fits in the context of their essay.

Although these types of statements are unoriginal, it is not blatant plagiarism. If Turnitin wrongly flags a sentence as plagiarized, and a professor is not paying attention, someone can be accused of violating the rules of academic integrity when they really did not do anything

wrong. On the other hand, since Turnitin only identifies online sources, many students who copy word-for-word from a physical book can get away with plagiarism.

Since there is still plenty to go wrong with Turnitin, professors should be vigilant while using it. This is not to say that the program should be banished from the school system, but rather, teachers still need to be mindful and know that an automatic online system cannot be 100 percent accurate all the time.

Yet beyond the logistical pitfalls, the usage of Turnitin conveys a sense of distrust to students, even if they are

following all the rules and policies of academic integrity. BU takes academic honesty very seriously, and its guidelines are seen on every syllabus distributed each semester. Students are expected to have the maturity required to follow these guidelines, but the usage of Turnitin implies doubt and uncertainty that college students will do what is asked of them. In this way, the prevalence of Turnitin has subtly contributed to a culture of distrust in academic communities.

BU’s academic culture should not revolve around systems like Turnitin. Not only are students not trusted, but some professors might take advantage of the system by overusing it

and relying on it. Ultimately, if Turnitin makes certain teachers not do their job properly, many students can be wrongly accused of breaking the University’s rules of plagiarism.

Instead of students writing compositions with the fear of being flagged by a computer program, professors must use caution when using Turnitin to ease student’s worries of getting in trouble when they really shouldn’t. Creating a more relaxed, comfortable atmosphere in academia will take away this fear, and will ultimately result in more successful work produced.

— Brad Calendrillo is a sophomore majoring in English.

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Track and field competes at Penn State National Open Holt finishes third in invitational mile, Haley takes second in college division-pole vault Yaakov Spivack Contributing Writer

Zach Leibmann/Contributing Photographer Senior Sarah Haley finished second in the pole vault (11-11 3/4) at the Penn State National Open.

The Binghamton men’s and women’s track and field teams competed at the Penn State National Open on Friday and Saturday. The meet included both a college division and a more competitive invitational section for each event.

In the invitational section, BU had a notable performance as five athletes made top-eight finishes. On the men’s side, senior Eric Holt was third in the mile (4:06.47), graduate student Joe Miceli was fourth in the pole

vault (17-1), senior Jon Alkins was sixth in the 200 (22.0) and senior Peter Fagan was seventh in the pole vault (16-7 1/4).

On the women’s team, senior Sarah Osaheni tied for fourth in the 400 (56.93), while junior Brooke Bonney finished fourth in the college-division weight throw (58-6 3/4).

BU head coach Mike Thompson was impressed by Osaheni and Bonney’s finishes. “[They were] the standout performances of the meet,” Thompson said. “Very solid performances … by both of them.”

Other highlight performances in the college division included graduate student Ethan Hausamann, who finished fourth in the men’s 3,000 (8:27.52) and junior Travis Fountain, who was also fourth in his event — the men’s pole vault (15-3).

On the women’s team, senior Sarah Haley finished second in the women’s pole vault (11-11 3/4) and freshman Samantha Beyar was right on her tail, placing third in the same event (11-11 3/4).

Thompson is optimistic looking ahead to the conference meet at the

end of February.

“I think we’re on track to do well at the conference meet in a month,” he said. “I think we are where we should be.

The next three weeks will be really important … we’ve got to make sure that everyone keeps improving and gets to where they’re capable of being.”

Both the men’s and women’s teams are set to compete again at the Sykes-Sabock Challenge on Friday. The meet is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. from the Horace Ashenfelter III Indoor Track in University Park, Pennsylvania.

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Raquel Panitz/Staff Photographer (L) Rebecca Kiss/Pipe Dream Photographer (R) Sophomore guard Timmy Rose netted a career-high 20 points to lead BU over Maine, 65-54. (L) Junior forward Alyssa James recorded seven points, 11 rebounds and six blocks in Binghamton’s 58-52 win over Maine. (R)

Black Bear down: BU men and women defeat Maine Binghamton cruises to third straight win Dominant defense lifts Bearcats to victory Evan Cole Pipe Dream Sports

The Binghamton men’s basketball team found the extra gear necessary to pull out a win against Maine on Sunday. The Bearcats’ 65-54 win over the Black Bears (5-18, 1-7 America East) was their third consecutive victory, helping BU (12-11, 3-5 AE) rebound from a frigid start to conference play that featured five straight losses.

Down the stretch, sophomore guard Timmy Rose and junior forward Willie Rodriguez found their respective strokes to put the game out of Maine’s reach. Both teams struggled to score for a majority of the game, with neither team shooting more than a 42 percent clip from the field.

“It was a grind out there today,” said BU head coach Tommy Dempsey. “It didn’t make for the prettiest game, but from our standpoint I felt we played hard, competed, and did what we needed to do to get a road win.”

The game featured a sluggish offensive start for both Binghamton and Maine, as both teams were held to fewer than

10 points for nearly the first 11 minutes of the game. Many shots were contested, and few players were able to find a groove early.

BU led 27-24 at the break. The Bearcats’ play down low was a source of frequent fouls and turnovers, contributing to the team’s inability to pull away from the struggling Black Bears.

“Neither team found a great rhythm offensively,” Dempsey said. “Our bigs didn’t have particularly good games.”

After combining for 13 of the team’s first-half points, Rose and Rodriguez became the focal points to finish the game. With the score knotted at 37 with 13:12 remaining, the tandem poured in 11 points to put the game out of reach. Rose tallied a career-high 20 points and Rodriguez scored his 1,000th career point early in the second half, becoming the first Bearcat in 15 years to reach the milestone in his junior year.

Additionally, senior guard Marlon Beck drained his 200th career 3-pointer, which sealed Binghamton’s victory. But other than marking a milestone from the 3-point line, Beck struggled against the Black Bears. He

tallied just four points, one of which came from the free-throw line. Beck shot just 1-for-6 from the field, all of which came from 3-point range.

“Both teams were playing very competitively on the defensive end,” Dempsey said. “We were fortunate to win today.”

Against Maine, the Bearcats’ defense was suffocating. Despite BU’s attempts to slow down Maine guard junior Wes Myers, he led the Black Bears with an efficient 22 points — going 9-for-12 from the field. The rest of Maine’s offense, however, combined to shoot just 27.5 percent from the field.

Binghamton’s perimeter defense dominated the Black Bears, holding Maine to just 4-for-20 from beyond the arc.

The Bearcats sealed the game in the paint with an emphatic block from sophomore forward Thomas Bruce late in the second half. The victory marked the first time BU has won three straight conference games since the 2010-11 season.

Binghamton is set to continue AE play against UMBC on Wednesday. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. from the Events Center in Vestal, New York.

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With the score knotted at 50 in the Binghamton women’s basketball team’s matchup with Maine, junior guard Imani Watkins drilled an open three to give the Bearcats (10-11, 5-3 America East) the lead. They didn’t look back, holding on to defeat the Black Bears (11-12, 4-4 AE), 58-52.

“I thought we made good adjustments defensively,” said BU head coach Linda Cimino.

“We had to have a defensive mindset today, and that’s what we did and that’s what won us the game.”

Down the stretch, BU’s defense held firm. With Maine up by two with just 12 seconds left, Black Bears’ senior guard Sigi Koizar drove to the hoop, but the Bearcats were able to draw a charge.

“We knew that [Koizar] was going to have the ball in her hands,” Cimino said. “We just talked in the timeout about helping and not trying to block shots, just stay planted … we knew if we did that the

referees would have to call a charge.”

BU’s defense allowed just 10 points in the final frame. BU did not allow a field goal for the final 4:11 of the game, and the Bearcats also held Maine to 36.7 percent shooting in the game.

Koizar was Maine’s top scorer with 14 points, while freshman guard Bianca Millan added 12 points of her own.

Junior forward Alyssa James spearheaded BU’s defensive effort, collecting six blocks to go along with her 11 rebounds and three steals.

“Alyssa James is the best defensive player in the league,” Cimino said. “She did a tremendous job on the boards … I do think she was the biggest difference in terms of the defensive end.”

Watkins and freshman guard Kai Moon were also important to BU’s key stops. Each had three steals and one block on the day, and the pair was also BU’s main source of offense, combining for 30 of BU’s 58 points.

Both guards played all 40 minutes of action. This is nothing new for Watkins, who

leads the conference with 37.4 minutes per game. Moon is also used to the heavy workload, as she is averaging 34.4 minutes per game in her freshman year.

“Not too many freshmen that can come in right away and play this many minutes,” Moon said.

“So that means a tremendous amount that coach [Cimino] has the trust in me to be in not only at the beginning of the game but at the end.”

With the win, the Bearcats snap a seven-game losing streak against Maine. Their last win over the Black Bears came in the 2012-13 season. The Bearcats are now in a three-way tie for second place in the AE. Halfway through its conference slate, BU hopes to carry the momentum from this win into the final stretch of the season.

“We don’t talk about what happened in the past,” she said.

“All we talk about is today and we focus on the future.”

BU is set to take the court on Wednesday against UMBC. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. from the Retriever Activities Center Arena in Cantonsville, Maryland.

Binghamton sweeps pair of conference dual meets Wrestling comes back to beat Brown, pummels Sacred Heart to improve to 7-2 in EIWA

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The Binghamton wrestling team put on a powerful display over the weekend, taking down Brown in a close bout before pummeling Sacred Heart.

The Bearcats (7-4, 7-2 Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association) faced off against Brown (4-6, 1-4 EIWA) Friday evening in Providence, Rhode Island.

Brown jump-started the match with two victories, gaining a 9-0 edge. However, BU fought back as redshirt senior Dylan Caruana took charge for the Bearcats, winning an 11-1 major decision over Brown junior Zeke Salvo in the 141-pound weight class.

Caruana, who has compiled a 7-6 record this season, has proven to be an instrumental player and leader for the Bearcats.

“He was a cornerstone for us this weekend,” said BU head coach Matt Dernlan. “He helped stop the bleeding.”

Freshman Parker Kropman increased BU’s traction, fighting for a 9-6 decision win over Brown sophomore Travis Vasquez. The Bears retaliated with two wins in the following two weight classes to push their lead to 16-7.

Redshirt sophomore Anthony DePrez revitalized BU with a 4-1-decision win over Brown junior Andrew LaBrie at 174.

After that, the Bearcats took the final three matches in the 184, 197 and 285 weight classes, which gave BU a 20-16 dual victory.

“It wasn’t the prettiest thing but at the end of the day, it doesn’t have to be,” Dernlan said. “It was the team effort that I was really proud of.”

Heading into Saturday with

confidence, the Bearcats delivered a beating to Sacred Heart. The Pioneers (2-8, 0-5 EIWA) got off to a rocky start, handing BU a 6-0 lead from a forfeit to sophomore Steven Bulzomi in the 125 weight class. Sacred Heart came back with a major decision win at 133, closing the deficit to two.

Caruana built upon his performance at Brown as he stifled the Pioneers’ hope with a pin over Sacred Heart sophomore Paul Klee only 22 seconds into the match.

The victory pushed BU’s lead to 12-4. Caruana’s win galvanized the rest of the Bearcats, who earned decision wins in the following three weight classes. DePrez then recorded an overpowering 18-0 technical fall win and redshirt sophomore Mark Tracy added 17-2 tech fall victory in the 197-pound bout. The Bearcats lost at the heavyweight level, but still took the overall match, 34-7.

The pair of victories propelled BU to 7-4 overall and 7-2 in the EIWA. Dernlan attributes BU’s success to the joint efforts and leadership from his players.

“It’s more than the individual play,” Dernlan said. “It’s playing for one another, and that’s what our guys have been doing.”

In his fifth season as head coach, Dernlan has witnessed the evolution of his team’s dynamic.

The team has undergone notable development, improving from a 5-13 season record in Dernlan’s first year as head coach.

“The camaraderie, the unity, the togetherness — it’s what I’m so proud of and it’s what we’ve been building for the past four years,” he said.

BU is set to continue EIWA play against American on Sunday.

The match is scheduled to begin at noon from Bender Arena in the District of Columbia.

Provided by BU Athletics Redshirt senior Dylan Caruana came out on top in BU’s wins over Brown and Sacred Heart.