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Int'l students affected by Trump's executive order University statement discourages international travel, offers support to those unable to travel Alexandra Mackof News Editor

Jonathan Bluvstein/Contributing Photographer Janine Bautista, assistant director of the School of Management Career Services, leads a workshop in the Fleishman Center for Career and Professional Development. This workshop was a part of a weeklong program led by the International Student and Scholar Services to show students how to navigate the job market in the United States.

International students gain career advice 'Boot Camp' offers tips for interviewing and networking in the US job market Allison Detzel Contributing Writer

A weeklong program at Binghamton University is giving international students the opportunity to receive information and advice about how to successfully navigate a difficult job market in the United States.

The International Student Career Success Boot Camp is a program designed to assist the professional development of international students before Thursday’s Job and Internship Fair. Beginning with a résumé workshop on Monday, the week included events focusing on interviewing, networking, finding employers that hire international students and completing the necessary forms to work in the United

States.

Karen Keefe-Guzikowski, the associate director of International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS), said these events provide a much-needed service to international students adapting to life in the United States.

“Something as simple as making eyecontact can be culturally viewed in very different ways,” Keefe-Guzikowski wrote in an email. “The Boot Camp unlocks this hidden set of skills and gives international students practice and strong preparation.

The ISSS works closely with Fleishman Center for Career and Professional Development and the other Career Services on campus because international student’s ability to work is restricted by

the regulations governing their status.

Working legally and understanding these laws is critical.”

Emily Love, the international career consultant for the Fleishman Center for Career and Professional Development, said the purpose of the week’s events was to address the unique needs of international students who are looking for employment and internships. Love said obstacles international students face in an already difficult job market include visa restrictions, finding employers that hire international students and understanding a difference in communication style.

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On Jan. 27, President Donald Trump signed an executive order temporarily banning travel from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Libya, Yemen and Somalia.

Reactions erupted almost immediately, with the effects of this ban being seen nationwide.

Binghamton University President Harvey Stenger issued a statement on Jan. 29, recognizing the implications that Trump’s political action was having and would have on the campus community.

BU is home to over 3,000 international students in a variety of undergraduate and graduate programs, many of whom are from countries directly affected by the ban.

Mahdi Farahikia, an Iranian fourthyear Ph.D. candidate studying mechanical engineering, said that the executive order left him and those around him at a loss for what to do.

“Everyone kept telling me not to worry when I said I didn’t feel comfortable about what [Trump] was promoting in his campaign,” Farahikia said. “People said, ‘no, he’s not going to win. The polls were saying he was not going to win. But he did, and then one day I just turned the news on and here we are.”

Farahikia also explained that his plans for the coming months had been derailed.

Originally he had intended to graduate in May, but he has decided to continue his education and defer any major changes.

“It has raised concerns for me, like finding a job and applying for a new visa,” Farahikia said. “It is challenging whether I want to reunite with my parents at some point.”

Stenger suggested that international

students from the seven countries refrain from traveling internationally, at least for the time being. He also affirmed the University’s pledge to assist all of its students.

“Binghamton University remains committed to the continued success of all of our students, regardless of religious belief, country of birth or citizenship, and we are here to provide all students and faculty with support through this difficult time,” the statement read.

Farahikia said that he had not seen his family in six years, and that the ban left him uncertain of when they would be reunited.

“It’s concerning for them and for me too, but there’s nothing to do,” Farahikia said. “If I keep saying things are bad here, they will get concerned. I’d rather just not bring it up.”

Farahikia also added that many people in the United States underestimate the vetting process for visa applicants. For him, obtaining a visa took 2 1/2 months, but for others, the process can stretch months longer.

Stressing the work that many international students do, Farahikia said that research and business can be harmed by both travel bans and what he viewed as permanent potential issues like deportation.

“We come here to work in the labs, produce papers and do research,” Farahikia said. “It needs to be conveyed to the [U.S.] president that this is hurting American universities and industries.”

Farahikia said that the current administration misinterprets foreign individuals’ roles in the United States’

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Conduct Office seeks input BU graduates Student Code undergoes annual changes Jillian Forstadt Contributing Writer

Katherine Scott/Pipe Dream Photographer Jordan White, a senior majoring in sociology, speaks at the annual Black History Month kickoff event Wednesday evening. The event included talks from members of the Black Student Union, a raffle and a dance performance from the Uyai Nnua dancers.

Black History Month kicks off India Arie announced as keynote speaker Alexandra Hupka News Intern

Students and faculty gathered at the annual Black History Month kickoff event on Wednesday evening, to celebrate the beginning of a month of special programming from Binghamton University’s Black Student Union (BSU).

The event included talks from members of BSU, a raffle and a dance performance from the Uyai Nnua Dance Ensemble.

BSU has planned programming for the entirety of February, including a poetry jam, a potluck and other events. During

the kickoff, BSU revealed India Arie as the month’s keynote speaker.

Arie is a singer- songwriter and 21time Grammy nominee, having sold over 10 million records worldwide. She has won four Grammy Awards, including one for Best R&B Album for her 2002 album “Voyage to India.” Her presentation is set for Feb. 17 at 6 p.m.

Some of the events planned for the month involve collaborations between BSU and multicultural groups such as the Latin American Student Union, the

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The Binghamton University Office of Student Conduct held a town hall meeting in Old University Union on Wednesday as part of its annual revision process for the Code of Student Conduct.

Each year the code is revised to meet the needs of the University community.

According to Paul Stroud, director of the Office of Student Conduct, while his office has the responsibility of managing the process of revision, they rely on students and faculty for input on what needs to be changed.

“It’s a community project,” Stroud said. “It’s really a document that runs through Binghamton University.”

The office chose to facilitate a town hall meeting as a means of opening a discussion to faculty, staff and students across the University about the code of conduct. The meeting, however, is only one step in a long process.

According to Stroud, the Office of Student Conduct sent out the first pieces of information on this year’s revision in early November, and a final decision will be announced in April.

After receiving and compiling

suggestions from the community, Student Conduct will send the information to the central administration of the University, including President Harvey Stenger and his cabinet, for a first round of review. Later, the proposed changes will be sent to the BU Council, which has the ultimate jurisdiction on what changes will be made to the code.

“If the Office of Student Conduct or I wanted to make a change to the code, it goes through the same process,” Stroud said. “I have to write it, I have to submit it and at the end of the day, the group that decides which changes are made is really the Binghamton University Council.”

A prominent revision to the code came in 2015, when new language regarding sexual assault was added to the policy. The change was a result of the SUNY-wide policy, “Enough is Enough,” or Complying with Education Law Article 129-B. The article mandated that all universities in New York state must establish a code of conduct, and within it define “affirmative consent” as “clear, informed, and voluntary.” Few changes have been made to the code since then.

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Fleishman Center tracks alumni progress throughout careers Brendan Zarkower Assistant News Editor

Binghamton University graduates pursue a diverse set of opportunities after they finish their undergraduate education. The Fleishman Center for Career and Professional Development tracks the progress of students after they finish their degrees, collecting data on where they work and go to graduate school.

Francis Borrego, the senior assistant director of marketing and assessment at the Fleishman Center, said that most of the data collected comes from the senior survey, which polls seniors several times post-graduation. The survey has increased in responses

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Over 10K meals packaged for those in need Rise Against Hunger partners with Alpha Kappa Psi for charity event Samuel Abaev

Hunger, a nonprofit global organization whose mission is to end hunger by providing food and aid to the world’s most On Wednesday evening, more than vulnerable people.

100 students and community members Brothers of the fraternity, students and packaged over 10,000 meals in Binghamton volunteers from sponsors such as the Big University’s Old Union Hall of Old University Four accounting firms, Bloomberg, Inc. Union to be distributed to high-need areas and Lazarus Rising, entered the Old Union around the world.

Hall to find tables set up with large volumes The event was organized by the business of soy protein, vitamin packets, freeze-dried fraternity Alpha Kappa Psi and Rise Against vegetables and rice ready to be packaged.

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Members of the BU community comment on the Trump administration’s travel ban,

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It was brought by the Rise Against Hunger from their Newark warehouse, where the food is stored.

Bruce Ladson, the representative of Rise Against Hunger and assistant program manager of the Newark warehouse, explained how food would be bagged, sealed, weighed, stamped and boxed in order to create meals readily available for

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SPORTS

Harvey Stenger’s Super Bowl prediction,

Albany Devils to relocate to Binghamton,

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Binghamton University graduates average starting salary of $55,011

POST-GRADUATION STATISTICS WHERE DO STUDENTS GO AVERAGE SALARY BY SCHOOL Average $55,049

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students reporting that they began looking for jobs right after graduation.

Students of Harpur College of Arts and Sciences make up the largest swath of BU graduates every year by a significant margin: 1,135 out of 1,923 respondents graduated from a Harpur College program. The average Harpur College graduate makes $45,384 annually.

Harpur also had the highest number of students who planned on attending graduate school: 78 percent of those planning on continuing their education were enrolled six months after graduation.

Lastly, the College of Community and Public Affairs (CCPA) has the smallest graduating class of any school at BU: only 73 respondents answered the senior survey. The average starting salary for a CCPA student who does not attend graduate school is $32,576.

However, a full 12 percent of CCPA graduates pursue volunteering opportunities after graduation — much higher than any other school.

Carolyn Schapiro, director of the SOM’s Career Services office,

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to 91 percent of graduates in recent years and the most recent data, cited here, is from the graduating class of May 2015.

Borrego said that while the average salary for a college graduate across the country is approximately $50,000, a BU student can expect to make $55,049 on average.

And that number is just for those students who decide to enter the job market directly after graduation. Thirty-six percent of graduates instead chose to continue their education, primarily by entering graduate school programs.

“BU does a really good job at preparing students to go on for advanced degrees,” Borrego said.

“You can see that in the graduate school list.”

At the date of graduation, the success rate for students seeking employment or admission to graduate school was 67 percent, according to data provided by the Fleishman Center for the class of May 2015. Additionally, 79 percent of students obtained their “desired position” in either graduate school or with an

employer within eight months after graduation.

“The more data we collect, the better information we can give to students,” Borrego said.

BU graduates as a whole make approximately $55,000 upon graduation, but this is not evenly distributed amongst the schools within the University.

The Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences boasts the highest average salary at $63,257. The Watson School also has a relatively high number of students who seek employment directly after graduation at 70 percent.

Following closely behind the Watson School is the School of Management (SOM) at an average of $60,140. The business administration and accounting majors of SOM have the highest employment rate for those who choose to forgo graduate school at 90 percent.

Next is the Decker School of Nursing, where students make about the same as the average BU graduate at $55,011. Nursing students are the most likely to seek employment right after graduation, with 93 percent of

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Graduate Program Destination 1. Binghamton University 2. Columbia University 3. Stony Brook University 4. University at Buffalo 5. SUNY Upstate Medical 6. New York University

Employers of BU Undergraduates 1. United Health Services 2. EY 3. Lordes Hospital 4. PwC 5. Lockheed Martin 6. KPMG

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bsaid that their calculations come up with slightly different numbers for SOM students because they base their numbers on “placement in business.”

SOM Career Services reports a $63,312 average starting salary in 2016 for those who graduate with a bachelor of science degree. The office also said that

students with a master’s degree in business administration make $65,000 on average and students with a master’s degree in accounting average $59,942.

After ban, India Arie to give keynote address Group hosts charity event against hunger graduate students speak out BHM FROM PAGE 1

BAN FROM PAGE 1 employment issues, and that contrary to what some think, it is more difficult to find a job as an international student than as a citizen.

“When they hire an international [student], they have to sponsor a visa,” Farahikia said. “That costs the company money and can take a long time, depending on where you’re from.

Some companies don’t want to go through the process.”

Another Ph.D. candidate, who wished to remain anonymous, was also directly affected by the ban. He said that being limited from seeing his family was traumatic.

“You need family members with yourself,” he said. “I came to the [United States], and I was thinking that for the first two years I can go visit my family in Iran with my visa, and after two years my parents can come here. When this happened, everything changed.”

Before the order had been signed, his family had been planning a trip to visit him in the United States. Now, he is unsure when he will get to see his family next.

He also added that the current political climate made him question why he chose to study in the United States in the first place. Originally, his plan had been to stay in the United States after graduation and work here.

But recently, he has been secondguessing that choice.

“Now, I am thinking about going back to Iran,” he said. “When I came here, we were saying that the government in the [United States] should be better than Iran. Iran … the government is not good. But when I came here, it is the same. I really like the American people. They are very nice, but the government is doing terrible things.”

Caribbean Student Association, the BU Gospel Choir, the Multicultural Resource Center and SHADES. All of the events follow a theme that is predetermined

by BSU. This year, the theme is “carefree and unapologetic blackness.” Monet Schultz, a junior majoring in sociology, is the vice president of BSU. Schultz said that this year’s theme highlights the diversity present within the black community.

“When I say ‘unapologetic blackness,’ I mean expressing your blackness however you see fit,” Schultz said. “Black people come in all shades, shapes, sizes, genders, orientations and religions. We are not monolithic.”

Jay’Quan Carson, a BSU intern and an undeclared freshman, said that he thought

that the monthlong series of events was needed at the University.

“BU is a predominantly white institution,” Carson said. “A lot of people come to BU in a bubble and some of them try to stay in that bubble, so Black History Month is there to remind them of our history.”

Mmekom Udosen, a junior double-majoring in Africana studies and integrative neuroscience, said that the events planned throughout Black History Month allow her to support her community.

“It’s a way for African Americans to express ourselves and share our culture, heritage and history with others,” Udosen said. “I think it’s important for us to recognize people of all races on campus.”

The students at the kickoff said they were excited for the multitude of events planned for the month. Amenzesiofo

Uzamere, a first-year graduate student studying chemistry, said that this was her fifth year attending the kickoff.

“In light of a lot of things that have happened in the last few years, it’s important for us to come together and celebrate our similarities and differences,” Uzamere said.

Wesley Dyer, a senior majoring in biology, said that he hoped the month’s events would be empowering.

“I think it’s important for black people to learn about black people,” Dyer said. “There is strength in numbers.”

As the kickoff began, Schultz addressed the attendees and promised that the month ahead would be fun, educational and uplifting.

“These events will not only showcase our blackness,” Schultz said. “[They] will teach us to embrace it in ways we may not have known before.”

Code of Conduct gets changes CODE FROM PAGE 1 Stroud acknowledged that many students have not read the code of conduct, despite its importance.

“I do a lot of presentations and usually I will ask, ‘How many of you have read the code of conduct? Raise your hands,’ and out of a room of 50 people you may see one or two hands, but I expect that,” Stroud said.

Ariel Kutcher, a senior majoring in English, said that many students will not read the entire code due to the idea that it will never affect them.

“While the code of conduct is extremely important — it’s something that affects every student — it doesn’t necessarily affect them directly, especially if they’re adhering to it,” Kutcher said. “Making any changes seems unnecessary to many students, however much it may affect them.”

Yitzhak Maurer, a

Kevin Sussy/Photography Editor Paul Stroud, the director of the Office of Student Conduct, hosts a town hall meeting to gather suggestions and discuss possible changes to the Code of Student Conduct.

sophomore triple-majoring in classics, Arabic and philosophy, politics and law, said that he believed any revisions to the code of conduct need to reflect the changing needs of the community.

“As the student population and the culture of the campus changes, it is important for

the code of conduct to be edited, revised and ensured to be serving the present student body to the best of its ability,” Maurer said.

Another town hall meeting to continue the revision process will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 15 in UU-102 of Old University Union.

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those in need. Once they get about 285,000 meals in their warehouse, a partner gets in touch with the corporate office in Raleigh, North Carolina, which informs the warehouse where the greatest need is. The most recent meal packages have gone to Haiti, Mozambique, Swaziland and Zambia.

“There is a great need out there,” Ladson said. “We have so much food, and we are so blessed in this country, but we need to share the wealth. There are so many people that just do not have food at all. We want to give back a little of what we have.”

Furthermore, he explained that Rise Against Hunger buys its own supplies in order to feed the hungry, then breaks even when the organizations raise enough money to package a certain amount of meals.

“We’re right outside NYC, so we mostly work with a lot of corporations there, including schools, churches, synagogues, etc,” Ladson said. “We buy the soy, the rice, the bags, the dehydrated vegetables, but the only thing that is donated to us is the vitamin packets. Once we get all of that, if an organization wants to do that, they will help raise funds to pay for that food, and then once they get enough to cover a minimum of 10,000 meals, we’ll come out to them and help them pack the meals.”

Once underway, participants worked together in assembly-line fashion to mass-produce bagged meals. Groups were made to carry out individual functions such as bagging, sealing and weighing.

With each bag containing enough food for six meals, 1,692 bags were filled to produce a total of 10,152 meals.

Tristan Chang, the president of the fraternity and a senior majoring in business administration, explained that after attending a Rise Against Hunger event with his internship over the summer, he had an idea to bring Rise Against Hunger to

BU so that attendees may not only provide a service in packaging meals, but also network with event sponsors. These included financial firms which the fraternity frequents with. “[Rise Against Hunger] happened to correspond with an internship I did over the summer, so I knew about them,” Chang said. “They engage their participants very well, so I knew it would be a perfect fit to bring them to Binghamton to work with the fraternity. The event is great as it allows members to interact with each other and network, while also creating a tangible result in all the food that’s being packaged.”

Cody Putterman, the vice president of professional activities of the fraternity and a junior majoring in accounting, claimed that the event was a great opportunity to give back to the world and hopes to continue to work with Rise Against Hunger in the future.

“We take so many different things for granted,” Putterman said. “We can give back and actually help starving families, so if we have the opportunity to do, there is no reason why we shouldn’t. We already looked for the planning for next spring and hope to have more events like this.”

There's so many people that just do not have food at all — Bruce Ladson, Rise Against Hunger Representative

International students receive advice for entering US workforce CAREER FROM PAGE 1 Employers Want” was an event held on Monday led by Janine Bautista who graduated from BU in 2013. She graduated with a master’s in accounting and is now the assistant director of the School Of Management Career Services.

Bautista designed the activitybased workshop to showcase the differences between Eastern and Western cultures and how these

differences affect the workplace.

She began the presentation by listing key differences between Western and Eastern communication styles and said students from different countries need to be prepared for the direct and individualized nature of the U.S. workforce, which contrasts from the usually hierarchical and collective environment of the Eastern workforce.

“You want to place yourself in

companies where you know you’re going to succeed,” Bautista said.

“You don’t want to place a square into a circle when you know it’s not going to fit. So you look for companies that will allow you to flourish and grow.”

During her presentation, Bautista helped students prepare an elevator pitch, a short summary of relevant and interesting information to present to a potential employer. Students

presented their pitches to fellow attendees and received feedback from Bautista.

“First impressions are so important,” Bautista said. “You want to be warm, you want to be welcoming; you want to be confident when you’re introducing yourselves to employers. You want to talk about who you are, what you do, why do you do it and how are you adding value [to the company].”

Taoran Li, a second-year graduate student from China studying public administration, attended the presentation and said she enjoyed the workshop and gained valuable information.

“I loved this one,” Li said. “It was very practical and something that you really can use, not only at the job fair but with professors and potential employers. I learned a lot.

I liked that I could practice with the other students and compare.”

Wanqing Tang, a first-year graduate student from China in the master’s in business administration fast-track program, said the event helped her become more comfortable interacting with potential employers.

“I think it was very helpful for us to be here to practice,” Tang said. “It made me feel very comfortable before the actual job fair … now I know how to present myself.”

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Jewish Community Center in Vestal evacuated following bomb threat

Former SUNY Poly Institute CEO wants school’s nonprofit arms to cover legal fees

The Vestal Police Department responded to the Jewish Community Center in Vestal after receiving a bomb threat Tuesday morning, according to Binghamton Homepage.

This call was part of a series of threats directed at dozens of JCCs across the country.

The call was determined to be a hoax, and the Vestal Police Department is working with the FBI to investigate further.

Alain Kaloyeros, the former president and CEO of SUNY Polytechnic Institute, has filed a complaint against the school’s two nonprofit development arms demanding that they cover his legal bills as he fights state and federal corruption charges, according to the Times Union.

Kaloyeros argues that the bylaws of these nonprofits indemnify him as a director and therefore are legally obligated to pay his legal bills resulting from incidences during his time at SUNY Poly.

Binghamton Salvation Army receives funding for new North Side facility The Salvation Army recently received news that they will receive a piece of the Southern Tier’s $500 million Regional Economic Development Council award, according to Binghamton Homepage. The Salvation Army said that it will be awarded $1.7 million from the Upstate Revitalization Initiative, which will bring it to 70 percent of its goal for a new facility on Binghamton’s North Side. Sixtythousand people were served at the soup kitchen or food pantry last year, which currently operates out of a facility on Washington Street.

President Donald Trump has nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch to fill former Justice Antonin Scalia’s seat on the Supreme Court, according to CNN. Gorsuch has been described as a conservative justice who has taken legal positions that resemble those of the late Scalia.

Some of his most prominent decisions include opposition to legally assisted suicide and limitations on religious expression in public spaces.

“[Rex] Tillerson faces the most difficult task of any secretary of state in the postwar era in trying to reconcile President [Donald] Trump’s intention to make a stark break from decades of bipartisan consensus U.S. foreign policy leadership with the reality that, if he succeeds, such a break could lead to global chaos.”

— Ryan Crocker, who has served as the U.S. ambassador to six Middle Eastern countries.

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Students get locked out of residence hall MONDAY, Jan. 30, 1:22 a.m. — Officers responded to a report of three individuals pounding on the entrance door to Digman Hall of Dickinson Community, said Investigator Patrick Reilly of Binghamton’s New York State University Police. On the scene, officers observed two males and one female in the vestibule of the building. The individuals were all students at BU and said that they all lived in the building. They explained that they had been banging on the doors and windows of the entry because all of them had misplaced their student IDs and they needed somebody to let them into the building. Officers advised them to call the resident assistant on duty if they were locked out of the building in the future.

Center, Reilly said. The victims stated that they had placed their lunches in the refrigerator of the graduate student lounge in the morning, and upon returning to the lounge later in the day, found that some of their food had been taken. The victims stated that the missing items included one bag of mixed nuts, hummus, a variety of raw vegetables, crackers, a salad and a yogurt. The total value of the missing items was $20. The victims stated that they wanted to make a police report of the incident in case it happened again. They also stated that they will discuss the matter with the department chair to determine what measures can be taken to prevent this from happening in the future.

Marijuana paraphernalia found in Hillside Community room MONDAY, Jan. 30, 9:42 a.m. — Residential Life staff contacted the police after finding drug paraphernalia during a fire safety inspection in Saratoga Hall of Hillside Community, Reilly said. The ResLife staff explained that upon entering the room, they noticed drug paraphernalia as well as a strong odor of marijuana. Officers responded to the call and confirmed the presence of paraphernalia, as well as a prescription bottle with a sizable amount of a leafy, green substance.

Officers determined that the contents of the prescription bottle were marijuana. The resident, a 20-year-old female, then returned to her room. Officers stated that she was very cooperative and polite, and she claimed ownership of all of the contents of the room. She was issued a ticket and will appear in Vestal Town Court.

Student calls police after ex-boyfriend trespasses in College-in-the-Woods dorm TUESDAY, Jan. 31, 3:30 p.m.

— A 19-year-old female contacted police from her room in Mohawk Hall of College-in-the-Woods to report harassment, Reilly said. The victim stated that her ex-boyfriend, a 22-year-old male, was standing in the hallway outside of her room with flowers and chocolate, and was trying to get her to open the door. The victim gave officers the name of the suspect and said that he did not live on campus. She also said that she did not want to talk to him and wanted him to stay away from her dorm. When officers responded to the call, the suspect was no longer standing in the hallway. However, an officer was able to contact him by phone and explain that the victim did not want any contact with him. The officer also advised the suspect that by accessing a dorm he did not live in, without the invitation or permission of somebody who did live in the dorm, he was trespassing. The suspect agreed to stay off campus and not contact the victim.

Food stolen from graduate student lounge TUESDAY, Jan. 31, 11:35 a.m. — Three females contacted police after discovering that some of their food had been stolen from the University Downtown

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Kevin Sussy/Photography Editor Binghamton Photo Journal founder Benjamin Brandwein stands in front of the Marketplace. Brandwein decided to create the strictly-photography print publication after noticing a lack of campus publications for student art.

BU senior starts photography publication from scratch Binghamton Photo Journal offers print medium for student photographers to share their work Lindsey Klein Contributing Writer Two students sit in the Binghamton University Marketplace, a stack of paper booklets strewn about, as rush-hour foot traffic between classes ensues around them.

One of those students is Benjamin Brandwein, a senior majoring in English. Last semester, Brandwein founded the Binghamton Photo Journal, a local, strictly-photography print publication.

Brandwein came up with the idea in December and started to

take action. He began soliciting photographs from students via Facebook and email, and then sifted through about 50 submissions from student photographers and laid out a booklet that would become the first issue of the Binghamton Photo Journal. Now, he is selling this first issue every week in the Marketplace, with one copy costing $3 and two costing $5.

Brandwein curates every page, and does most of the work on his own.

Still, he has help from his friends. Brandwein says that his best friend Harrison Teich, a senior

majoring in English, is his “righthand man.” The pair laughed as Teich claimed to do all the dirty work in their relationship. From driving Brandwein around, to carrying a table to and from the University Union, Teich does the “heavy lifting” for the publication.

The first issue of the Binghamton Photography Journal consists of 14 photographs taken by nine different photographers, all with different backgrounds in photography.

Brandwein stresses that to be published, photographers need an artistic perspective.

He shared that he struggled

at the beginning of his photographic venture.

“I took photography here and basically failed it,” Brandwein said.

Despite this, he asserted that the medium is accessible for everyone and there’s no need for an expensive camera.

Brandwein is happy to have more involvement, as long as those interested show passion.

Melissa Neira, ‘15, is a good friend of Brandwein and an avid photographer. The two of them used to work together on Neira’s photographs and now she helps with the journal.

“I think Ben wanted another outlet for students to publish their art. He’s into photography as well, and he saw a lack of campus publications for students to publish their art,” Neira said. “I think it’s an awesome idea. I wish he would’ve thought of it while I was an [undergraduate student].”

Currently, the publication is paid for completely out of pocket

by Brandwein. He hopes that by spreading the word — and the publication — he will be able to get recognition by a larger organization, which will help to fund the project.

If the publication gains

financial support, Brandwein hopes it will be published monthly and be free to students.

As of now, the profit made from the first issue will go into funding future issues.

Brandwein will be staying at BU an extra year, but he plans to work as a freelance writer after he graduates. As for the Binghamton Photo Journal, Brandwein is currently searching for a freshman with the same amount of passion to carry out his legacy.

Check the Binghamton Photo Journal Facebook page for all relevant news, tabling dates or to submit photographs.

Coming to Netflix this February

From the silly to the scary, here's what's new for your queue Jordan Gozinsky Contributing Writer

Casey Tin/Staff Photographer Timothy Perry, Binghamton University music professor and director of the University Symphony and chamber orchestras, discusses the history and innovation of the clarinet in the Anderson Center’s Casadesus Recital Hall.

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Music department explores the evolution of the clarinet Joshua Rosenthal Contributing Writer

The history and innovation of the clarinet was explored through a concert in the Casadesus Recital Hall at the Anderson Center on Tuesday.

“Unlocking the Muse: Music Marries Engineering 17801830,” was run by Timothy Perry, Binghamton University music professor and director of BU’s University Symphony and chamber orchestras.

Perry began the recital with the quote, “Every age interprets history through its own eyes, and that view is constantly changing … each stage of the instrument’s evolution represents an instrument closely and expertly adapted to the musical performance of its age.”

The quote was attributed to “The Eloquent Oboe: A History of the Hautboy from 1640 to 1760,” a book by Bruce Haynes, and it helped to establish the theme of the night. By learning about one object, we can learn more about the time it existed in, and how that object changed over time reflects how the world changes over time.

In this case, that object is the clarinet — specifically, six clarinets — which Perry had assembled to be presented, talked about and played.

The clarinets are all from different musical eras, ranging from the first age of the clarinet in 1700-1760, all the way to the fourth age of the clarinet, which spans from 1840 to today. Each had a unique style and structure, with lengths ranging between 1 and 2 feet, and a wide variety of materials used, including cherrywood, boxwood and ivory. Each clarinet was joined with an explanation of the era it was created in, and how that time period helped shape the aspects of the clarinets.

After explaining the history for each clarinet, Perry would then perform a short piece on every instrument, accompanied by lecturer Margaret Reitz on the piano.

Delivering a performance on decades-old, obsolete clarinets proved to be a challenge.

“You will hear some dreadfully off-tune playing,” Perry said. “Pitch was not standardized in any of these periods until really the last clarinet you will hear.” Despite

the difficulty of using an antique instrument, Perry succeeded in playing several tunes across a number of clarinets, ranging in artists from Johann Stamitz to Wolfgang Mozart to Camille Saint-Saëns.

Each clarinet was unique and required a different style to play. Perry was able to play everything from the archaic chalumeau, with only two keys, to the modern clarinet, with 18 keys.

Through not only his words, but also his playing, the audience could experience the evolution of the clarinet firsthand and how its performance changed over time. Not only did the event offer a new perspective on the modern clarinet and the state of music today in general, but it also showed a greater appreciation of music from the past, as well as what we gained and lost in the evolution of these instruments.

“One of the unintended consequences of the success of music is that almost every wood that we use to make musical instruments is either extinct or in danger of becoming extinct,” Perry said.

If you’re an avid Netflix viewer, you may find that scrolling through the titles quickly becomes monotonous. Thankfully, the streaming site updates its repertoire on a relatively regular basis. This February, Netflix is bringing in a variety of new options for your viewing pleasure.

Among the movies that will be added throughout the month are a plethora of children’s movies including “Finding Dory” and “The Chronicles of Narnia: the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” as well as titles sure to interest adults, including “Milk” and “The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story.” Here are a few titles to watch this month while you cozy up in your dorm with a mug of hot chocolate, or your valentine.

“The Blair Witch Project” (Available Now) The film, made using the “found footage” style, follows three student filmmakers as they travel to Burkittsville, Maryland in order to make a documentary about a local legend referred to as the Blair Witch. They end up getting lost a few days into their exploration in the woods and start to fall victim to paranormal events, including hearing the sound of children at night and waking up to figures made from sticks hanging all around their campsite. The directors were able to make people believe that the actors used were actually missing, and the footage that they were watching was real.

They even went as far as making a fake website stating that the three actors were missing, and to call your local police with any information on their whereabouts.

If you are looking for a film that pulls you in and makes you feel like you are there with the actors, then this is a good call.

“Corpse Bride” (Available Now) A classic film by Tim Burton, “Corpse Bride” follows character Victor Van Dort as he accidentally marries a dead woman — he was practicing his vows in the woods

— and is sucked into the Land of the Dead. The film chronicles his adventure as he tries to reunite with the woman he truly loves — and originally was trying to marry — by overcoming various obstacles. This film is classic Tim Burton, from its usage of stopmotion animation, to the sinister and somewhat whimsical aesthetic of the movie.

“Superbad” (Available Friday) If a raunchy comedy is more your speed, then go for this 2007 hit. “Superbad,” written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, follows two high schoolers as they attempt to lose their virginities before graduation. They plan to get alcohol for a party where the girls they have been crushing on will be, leading them into weird and crazy situations. The film is everything you would expect from Rogen, and is chock full of of vomit, sex and phallic-based humor. The chemistry between the two main characters is very well developed, and you can sense their friendship through their dialogue and actions.

“Sausage Party” (Available Feb. 23) Also from Rogen, the critically acclaimed “Sausage Party” will certainly make you comfortably uncomfortable. In this recent film, all food is alive and they view us as gods that bring them to the great beyond when we purchase them from the supermarket. The film focuses on a hot dog named Frank as he uncovers the truth of what actually happens to food outside of the supermarket, and his quest to tell the other foods. This movie ends with an awkward-to-watch, but hilarious, food orgy. The animated film has an all-star cast of voices including James Franco, Kristen Wiig, Salma Hayek, Edward Norton and Nick Kroll.

Honorable mentions: “Invincible” “The Nightmare Before Christmas” “Project X” (1987, available now) “King Cobra” (Available Feb. 14) “Trevor Noah: Afraid of the Dark” (Available Feb. 21)

Provided by Sony Pictures This month, Netflix is bringing a slew of new content, including the 2007 cult classic “Superbad.”

OPINIONS Thursday, February 2, 2017

EMBRACING AND BRACING Less than two weeks into the new presidential administration, we are already feeling its divisive impact on our nation and campus.

Binghamton University is composed of students and faculty from all over the globe, including the “terror prone” nations from which President Donald Trump has temporarily blocked travel.

We have heard stories from people who do not know when they will next see their families, or when they will be able to leave the country with the ability to re-enter. We have heard from people who cannot return to their home country, at risk of persecution or death, who are also fearing they will be forced to leave ours.

The hasty implementation of Trump’s travel ban caught many off guard. While the ban was a looming campaign promise, the surprise executive order provided little time to organize against it, or to prepare for its impact. It immediately cast many members of our University community into fear and uncertainty. For

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those of us seeking to oppose Trump’s hateful actions, our time is up.

We can no longer mourn election results, stewing in speculation. The ban should serve as an example that Trump is ready to follow through on his campaign rhetoric, and will begin implementing more policies that can hurt members of our community. Any group could have its personal safety or rights stripped away without notice.

We cannot surrender to the attitude that our actions do not matter. We should take responsibility for what happens in our political system, as we are given political rights and freedoms that can be used to shape it. When members of our community are threatened by that system, we should feel obligated to use every tool with which we are granted to change it.

It is important to embrace those who are affected by these policies. Talk to them, listen to their story and try to offer support. Ask what you can do to help. Join a pro-refugee, pro-immigrant demonstration.

Address bigotry and hatred when you hear or see it. We cannot allow Trump’s rhetoric to dehumanize, so we must double our efforts in making BU the welcoming place it strives to be.

We must step up to find creative and effective ways to help people. Some colleges have reached out to their alumni bases, looking to provide pro-bono support and counsel to students who are struggling within their communities. BU must draw upon its resources to do the same.

The administration could work with students to extend their student visas as needed, to provide housing, daycare or whatever services

families may need in times of instability.

Students everywhere should keep exercising their right to protest and stay on top of their representatives.

They can put pressure on officials through writing letters, calling congressional offices and publicly commenting. They should be on their toes at all times and consistently stay informed on what’s going on.

Unfortunately, the travel ban and issues of immigration are not in the hands of the University. At a certain point, BU cannot provide full protection for its students from federal authority.

While the administration has pledged to help as much as possible, as a state institution, we may reach a point where the University’s hands are tied.

Therefore, we as students, and as citizens, must consider what we can do instead.

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.

Guest Columnists

Moral bankruptcy of Trump's Muslim ban BU professor Ravi Palat addresses the effects, implications of the executive order Ravi Arvind Palat

Professor of Sociology

It is hard to think of a more morally bankrupt, intellectually dishonest and politically mendacious policy than President Donald Trump’s executive order barring the entry into the United States of people from seven Muslim-majority countries — Iran, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Somalia and Libya — for 90 days, except for Christian minorities.

This ban applied initially also to U.S. legal permanent residents who were born in these countries.

And it barred the entry of refugees from Syria for 120 days.

It is morally bankrupt because legal permanent residents, or “green card” holders, are subject to most rights of American citizens, including the right not to be discriminated against, and can serve in the military. The executive order would have banned a serving U.S. military officer from returning to the country after fighting for the United States.

These warriors can shed blood for the United States, but they cannot enter it. Is there anything more morally bankrupt than this?

The 1951 Refugee Convention at Geneva, of which the United States is a signatory, obligates countries to take in refugees from wars on humanitarian grounds. As an international treaty, it has the force of law within this country. As the official U.S. State Department website (https://www.state.gov/j/ prm/ra/admissions/) clearly shows, applications can take 18-24 months to process. But for many, it takes much longer. Five years after Sgt. Ali Alsaeedy of the 82nd Airborne Division filed refugee papers for his parents — five long years, during which his father died — his mother, Hamdiyah Al Saeedi, finally landed in New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport last Saturday, where she was held for 33 hours, handcuffed for some of the time and released only after her son procured a habeas petition.

Many of the refugees from Iraq are people, like Alsaeedy, who had first worked for the United States, saved lives of U.S. citizens

and, because of that, their own lives became vulnerable. Doesn’t the United States have a moral obligation to these people? Is it morally acceptable to ban them and their aged parents? Vian Dakhil, the only Yazidi member of the Iraqi parliament, who had pleaded with the world to save her people from extinction at the hands of ISIS, was to arrive in the District of Columbia to receive the Lantos Human Rights Prize at the capitol — a prize named after the only Holocaust survivor to serve in U.S. Congress. Yet she is barred by the executive order from boarding a plane to receive the award.

We must also investigate how the refugees were created. Take the case of Libya — it was ruled by an autocrat but it was also a prosperous country. It blocked migrants from Africa crossing the Mediterranean. When a small rebellion broke out, the United States led airstrikes on the country, destroyed its infrastructure, killed its dictator and led to its partitioning by warlords. This was the cause of the refugee crisis.

In Yemen, the United States and the United Kingdom continue

to supply Saudi Arabia with munitions to intervene in a civil war that created the refugees. The U.S. invasion of Iraq directly led to the flow of refugees. Does this country not have a responsibility to care for the refugees created by its actions?

When then-candidate Trump called for a total ban on Muslims entering the United States, Vice President Mike Pence, then governor of Indiana, called it “offensive and unconstitutional,” as did House Speaker Paul Ryan, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Gen. James Mattis, the new defense secretary.

Yet, today these intellectual titans are all offering support to the president. Can there be anything more morally bankrupt, intellectually dishonest and politically mendacious than this?

In the last 40 years, not a single American citizen has been killed in North America by a citizen of the seven “countries of concern” in an act of terrorism. Citizens of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Lebanon have been responsible for over 3,000 deaths, chiefly from the Sept. 11

terrorist attacks. Yet, nationals from these countries are not included in the exclusion order.

Strangely enough, the Trump Organization has investments in most of these countries but not in the “countries of concern.” Can there be anything more morally bankrupt, intellectually dishonest and politically mendacious than this?

If the media and the Democrats have been relentless in critiquing the executive order, it is important to recall that the order itself did not refer to the seven countries; it barred the entry into the United States “of aliens from countries referred to in section 217(a)(12) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1187(a)(12).”

This referred to the omnibus Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2016 act, signed into law by former President Barack Obama in December 2015. It was the Obama administration which initially highlighted problems with individuals from these countries — and as we have seen, none of them have been responsible for acts of “terrorism” in the United States.

Even earlier, after the

Oklahoma City bombing in 1995 — the perpetrators of which were white Christian Americans — former President Bill Clinton pushed the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, the first legislation to authorize fast-track deportation of refugees and even legal permanent residents. The Democrats, simply put, created the laws that enabled Trump to issue his Islamophobic executive order. It is intellectually dishonest for news media to blank out this information in its report of Trump’s executive order.

In short, the executive order violates international and U.S. domestic law; there can be no religious exceptions to immigration, and signatories to the Geneva Convention have an obligation to extend protection on a humanitarian basis. Violating these legal obligations underlines the United States’ position as an exceptional nation: an exceptionally morally bankrupt one.

— Ravi Palat is a professor of sociology at Binghamton University.

No, I'm not protesting

BU student Mahdi Farahikia explains how he will resist hate Mahdi Farahikia

Guest Columnist

Being a victim of political games is not new to me. In my homeland, Iran, I was interrogated three times — five to seven hours long each — on charges of treason and spying for the United States and Israel 2 1/2 months before I arrived to the United States. If these charges had been found true, I would have probably faced death penalty.

One reason for those charges? My fluency in English, despite having never traveled abroad at the time.

Today, I am falling victim to yet another political nonsense.

Announcement of the travel ban executive order did not shock me. I saw it coming and any time I expressed my concerns, I was

repeatedly told he could not do it. Hey, here we are. He just did it whether unconstitutional and un-American or perfectly legal and protective of the citizens. It certainly created huge amounts of concern and confusion among immigrants and legal visa holders.

And though I am deeply concerned about the potential outcomes of this situation, I will not be protesting. I have decided to resist the hatred in other ways.

The thing is, I have developed a thick skin against all of that throughout the past few years.

That is how I managed to neglect the racist comments addressed to me on our very campus and have been able to cope with not seeing my family for over six years, during which I missed important events, such as my brother’s wedding.

I came to this country legally 6 1/2 years ago on a single-entry

student visa. It has never been my intention to “steal” an American’s job. In contrast, I picked the United States because it was advocated to me that the land of the free and home of the brave is where dreams come true. I never thought it was going to be easy. So, I dreamed big to be the change that the world needs and I took the steps to fulfill that. Oh, did I say I have paid my taxes, too?

Over the past days, I have been reading and watching carefully as the events unfold. A combination of heartbreaking stories of innocent people detained in airports or families torn apart, heartwarming demonstrations in support of diversity and solidarity and, of course, soul-irritating echoes of the divisive rhetoric occupied the entire social media and news channels. However, I choose not to be overwhelmed by emotions

and engage in protests that do things like reminding Americans that “they are descendants of immigrants.”

From personal experience, I don’t see much of a positive consequence in doing so. Once, a friend left me out of a gun control debate because “You’re not a citizen!” It’s not hard to imagine hearing the same response now.

In my opinion, there is nothing constructive in a continuous altercation that would arise when the other side would demonize me for my nationality. So, I believe the real challenge is on U.S. values, and that is a debate for Americans. Seeing the supportive demonstrations gives me glad tidings that the process is going on.

Instead, I would rather take a logical approach toward the current circumstances. The root cause of the hate propaganda is ignorance.

Brainwashed by leaders who follow their own agenda, some feed on the “alternative facts” sold to them. Ones that led another friend of mine on Facebook to call all Iranians “lunatics.” Hence, while I support the protests, I will carry out my resistance on a different front.

In the face of these challenging times, I decide to be a good ambassador for the Iranian culture to demonstrate that “Death to America” is not a typical Iranian national’s rhetoric. I prefer to engage in informative conversations with people who are interested to hear beyond what the media presents to them.

These conversations could take the form of a casual meeting at a Starbucks or Chipotle, or a more formal presentation, like the talk on Iranian arts that I gave at South Dakota State University in 2010.

Like the other side of the moon,

there is a face to Iran that has not been truly introduced. I choose to present that face, and show that ordinary citizens should not be held accountable for — or likened to — the actions of their governments.

This is why I don’t hate Americans over a certain politician’s hateful decision. Much in the same way, it hurts me that some argue that countries that are not on the travel ban list, such as Saudi Arabia or Egypt, should be included. I don’t see taking others down with oneself as a humane method to prove a point.

Finally, I want to keep reminding myself of one of my favorite verses from the Quran (94:5): “So, indeed, after every difficulty, there comes relief.”

— Mahdi Farahikia is a fourthyear Ph.D. student studying mechanical engineering.

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SUPER BOWL PREDICTIONS

Pipe Dream gathered forecasts for the big game from all around Binghamton Harvey Stenger Binghamton University President

[Falcons 35, Patriots 31]

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Brian Rose

[Patriots 31, Falcons 27]

If my team (the Browns - who have never been to the super bowl) aren’t in the game I always root for the underdog, which this year appears to be the Falcons by a slight margin. So I’ll pick Atlanta to win in a close, high scoring and exciting game.

Binghamton University Provost

Vice President for Student Affairs

[Falcons 37, Patriots 33]

As a native New Englander (Maine), former BC QB Matty Ice gets some props here, but I’ve got to go with the Hoodie and TB 12 for title #5. Watching the No-Fun League Commish on the podium with the Pats – Priceless.

My son, Brady, tells me that the Falcons have a better offensive line, running backs and wide receivers. Besides, I can’t resist the opportunity to disagree with my friend, Brian Rose!

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Richard David

Milton Chester

BU student/city of Binghamton Councilman

Mayor of Binghamton

Assistant Dean for Off Campus Programs and Services

[Falcons 17, Patriots 14]

[Patriots 34, Falcons 27]

A surprisingly low-scoring game with two offensive teams as the Falcons take Super Bowl LI alongside this season’s future MVP, Matt Ryan.

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[Falcons 42, Patriots 35]

Tom Brady and the Patriots start slow, but are efficient in wearing out [the] Falcons secondary. The game is Brady’s closing argument for an undisputed G.O.A.T. designation..

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[Patriots 42, Falcons 35] Falcons

Matt Ryan has been red hot during the playoffs. He will lead the Falcons to their first Superbowl victory!!!!!!

[Patriots 35, Falcons 31]

I definitely think it’s going to be a high-scoring game, but I’m going with the Patriots.

I will be wearing my man Uggs proudly while Tom Brady accepts the MVP trophy.

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Pipe Dream writers give their takes Don't underestimate Matt Ryan You really want the Pats to win?

Matthew Pilotti Pipe Dream Sports

On April 26, 2008, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell stepped up the podium at Radio City Music Hall to announce the the third pick in the NFL Draft.

“With the third pick in the 2008 NFL Draft, the Atlanta Falcons select Matt Ryan,” he said.

The Atlanta Falcons franchise was at a crossroads, looking to start anew and begin a rebuilding phase. Turning around a franchise riddled with scrutiny due to the premature exit of star-quarterbackturned-felon Michael Vick would serve as no easy task, even for a highly-touted quarterback from Boston College.

The implied promise that becomes synonymous with selecting a quarterback early in the draft is the eventual climb to the Super Bowl. For Matt Ryan, the road traveled has been a difficult one with many obstacles along the way. His first three seasons in the League reignited the football interests of Atlanta.

In three years, he brought Atlanta three winning seasons, a Rookie of the Year award, a first-round bye in the playoffs and two playoff berths.

Most teams today would

sacrifice the world to find that kind of success. However, a 0-2 postseason record in those years overshadowed the accomplishments and created the story of Matt Ryan’s career: toplevel play in the regular season but underachievement in the playoffs.

Then came the 2012 season, one in which the fortune seemed destined to reverse course. For the second time in his career, Ryan surpassed 4,000 passing yards in a season and was seen by many as one of the league’s elite passers.

He amassed a career year in yards (4,719) and touchdowns (32). The Falcons earned the top seed in the NFC again and Ryan earned his first postseason victory.

The win meant if Ryan earned another, he would finally be heading to the Super Bowl. But to much avail, Ryan and the Falcons collapsed, blowing a 17-0 lead to the 49ers in the conference -title game.

The so-called success earned Ryan a contract worth over $100 million and a commitment from the Falcons in the belief that Ryan was the man to soon lead the franchise to its first-ever Super Bowl title. For the first time, though, Ryan hit a decline, leading fans to question if he was worth the big contract. Atlanta plummeted to the bottom of the standings in the next two seasons, tallying a

combined total of 10 wins.

Today, Ryan has his team on the verge of a championship. He has led the Falcons to the highestscoring offense in the league. He has made a compelling case for NFL’s Most Valuable Player this season. And he has decisively defeated two Super Bowl-winning quarterbacks in the playoffs. Ryan was not supposed to do quite as much as that. If he is to defeat a third, Ryan could redefine his career. A win over arguably the greatest quarterback and head coach of all-time would silence all critics and solidify Ryan as one of the game’s elites.

In nine seasons, Ryan has finished in the top 10 in passing yards, touchdowns and passer ratings multiple times and quietly guided the Falcons to success. Bringing the Vince Lombardi Trophy to Atlanta means everything to Ryan. He has overcome adversity and gutted out the difficult times to finally land a chance at the title.

Most teams would have given up and started a search for a new quarterback seasons ago.

A win would end the misery of lost seasons like 2010 and 2012 and create a new legacy drastically different from those of the past — one that could eventually have “Matty Ice” Hall of Fame-bound.

Michael Steinberg Contributing Writer

Two years ago, a football seemed to hit the ground. It bounced up and down, against Jermaine Kearse’s legs and arms, but never touched the ground. Kearse reeled in that seemingly impossible catch and the Super Bowl party I was at erupted. High fives were exchanged and screams howled through the living room. Less than a minute later, that joy turned into the worst kind of sadness. The sadness that comes with a Patriots’ Super Bowl victory, because in that minute, Russell Wilson threw his infamous pick to Malcolm Butler — and the rest is history.

Now, the Patriots are one game away from another Super Bowl victory, and no matter your politics, there’s one thing the entire nation outside of New England can agree on: the Patriots cannot win another Super Bowl.

The Atlanta Falcons have a good chance of beating the Super Bowl perennials. The main reason?

Their unstoppable offense. The Falcons have scored an average of 33.8 points per game in the regular season — the most in the league.

They also were second in the league in yards per game, averaging

415.8 yards.

This prolific offense is due in large part to MVP-candidate quarterback Matt Ryan, who has been nearly unstoppable this season. Leading up to the Super Bowl, Ryan owns a 69.95 percent completion rating, just under 5,000 passing yards and 38 touchdowns on the season with just seven interceptions.

It also doesn’t hurt that he has Julio Jones as his No. 1 wideout.

In a somewhat off year, with a few injuries sidelining him two games, Jones had over 1,400 receiving yards in the regular season. He also averaged more yards per catch than he has in any season since his rookie year.

Not only has this team been fantastic all season, but the Atlanta Falcons also seem to be heating up during the last six games they played. Ryan held a 72.8 percent completion rating, and a 133.3 passer rating (according to Chris Wesseling) through the last six games. The Falcons averaged 39 points per game over that span.

Even the Falcons’ defense has improved over the last six games. It only allowed 19.3 point per game, 5.9 point per game less than it did in the first 12 weeks of the season.

Meanwhile, the Patriots also produced a dominant 36-17 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers, in which Tom Brady looked

as determined as ever. Brady completed over 75 percent of his passes for 384 yards and three touchdowns. That said, the Patriots are showing some weaknesses in the postseason.

In the team’s game against Houston, Brady threw two interceptions. Through both postseason games, the Patriots are averaging 2.9 yards per rush. Their star tight end, Rob Gronkowski, is out for the Super Bowl. Not to mention, the Patriots had an easier road to the playoffs than the Falcons.

However, the Patriots are still the Patriots, and they are always a favorite in the Super Bowl. The Patriots were third in points per game during the regular season with 27.6, despite Brady’s fourgame suspension. Their defense is allowing the fewest number of point per game, averaging just 15.6 during the regular season.

Atlanta’s run defense will be its largest weakness; it has allowed 5.3 yards per rush in the postseason and has only averaged 3.4 yards per rush itself.

While this last section may sound daunting, Atlanta still does have one last advantage — Dan Quinn knows to not call a passing play at the goal line. Atlanta is far from a sure win, but the Falcons just might take down the evil empire.

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Speak of the Devils New Jersey Devils to relocate AHL affiliate to Binghamton after Senators depart Noah Bressner Assistant Sports Editor

For the Binghamton Senators, a trip to the playoffs of the American Hockey League (AHL) now seems improbable. The Senators have scored fewer goals than all but one other team, and now find themselves in sixth place in the North Division.

But the air of anxiety that has packed Floyd L. Maines Veterans Memorial Arena since the season began has not stemmed from fears of missing the playoffs this year. Instead, many have feared the loss of an AHL team altogether after the September announcement that the Ottawa Senators will move their minor league affiliate to Belleville, Ontario.

In a press conference on Tuesday afternoon, however, those fears were put to rest.

Tom Mitchell, the Binghamton Senators’ executive vice president of operations, announced that the New Jersey Devils will relocate its AHL team to Binghamton from Albany, effective at the start of next season. The team will be known as the Binghamton Devils.

The AHL Board of Governors voted unanimously to approve the deal last Sunday during a meeting in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The Devils are set to hold the lease

on the Floyd L. Maines Veterans Memorial Arena through the 2021-22 season.

Mitchell deemed the process a long and arduous undertaking.

“It is our intention to give the New Jersey Devils the finest environment to develop their players in that they’ve ever had,” Mitchell said. “I’m certainly familiar … with all the assets we have here, there’s no doubt in my mind that we can do that.”

The Binghamton Senators’ move to Ontario continues a recent trend of AHL teams moving closer to the locations of their parent affiliates. Since the 2015-16 season, 11 NHL teams have relocated their AHL affiliates in order to more directly control the development of young players.

“The Ottawa Senators have been a great partner for 15 years,” Mitchell said. “They were instrumental in helping us bring the American Hockey League back to Binghamton.”

The Devils organization will maintain ownership of the Binghamton Devils and control all hockey-related operations. A local hockey group — consisting of majority owners Tom Bolles and Tim Smith, and minority stakeholders Mitchell, Bob Carr and Ray Stanton III — will take charge of all other

operations, which include arena maintenance, game-day operations and marketing.

According to Mitchell, three other NHL teams were involved in discussions to move their affiliate to Binghamton, but he noted that the Devils were always the frontrunner. He said that the hardest thing about the relocation process was the timing.

“It’s been a year of issues that we’ve had to sort through,” Mitchell said. “I don’t think there’s any losers in this whole situation.”

The Senators’ current efforts to market the game toward Binghamton University students will be unaffected by the change in affiliation.

“I think that our effort with Binghamton University has expanded,” Mitchell said. “I think that will continue. There are 18,000 students and faculty that we’d like to see at our games every night, so we’re going to continue to work on it.”

Binghamton is scheduled to face the Devils on Saturday.

When asked who he thinks fans should root for, Mitchell replied that the Devils won’t play here for a few more months.

“We are the Binghamton Senators until the end of the season,” he said. “I know who I’m rooting for Saturday night.”

It is our intention to give the New Jersey Devils the finest environment to develop their players that they've ever had —Tom Mitchell Executive VP of Operations

Raquel Panitz/Staff Photographer Tom Mitchell, the Binghamton Senators’ executive vice president of operations, announced on Tuesday that the Albany Devils will move to Binghamton next season.

Bearcats fall to Retrievers UMBC routs Binghamton Binghamton offense wavers in 53-45 loss

Rebecca Kiss/Pipe Dream Photographer Junior guard Imani Watkins scored 22 points in Binghamton’s loss to UMBC on Wednesday night.

Orlaith McCaffrey Sports Editor

The Binghamton women’s basketball team ranks third in scoring offense among all America East (AE) teams, averaging 63.2 points per game.

On Wednesday night against conference rival UMBC, though, the Bearcats (10-12, 5-4 AE) failed to score a single point for over four minutes in the final quarter. The scoring drought proved to be the nail in BU’s coffin, as the Retrievers (1012, 5-4 AE) took full advantage of BU’s inability, taking the contest, 53-45.

In early January, BU defeated

UMBC to start conference play on a winning note, defeating the Retrievers, 69-62, at home.

In the rematch, BU couldn’t repeat its early-season success, starting off the latter half of conference play with a loss.

Despite getting off to an 11-4 lead halfway through the first quarter, the Bearcats’ offense couldn’t keep the pressure on; UMBC went on its first run to narrow the gap to 13-11 by the end of the period. Both squads had trouble holding onto the ball early on, with each committing 10 turnovers in the first half.

With the score up by one heading into the second half,

the Retrievers seized control of the game, going on a 14-3 run to take a commanding 41-29 lead. Freshman guard Allison McGrath kicked off the scoring frenzy with two back-to-back three pointers before freshman guard Te’yJah Oliver landed a free throw and layup. McGrath capped off the quarter with yet another three to send UMBC into the final 10 minutes of play with a sizeable advantage.

Carrying Binghamton’s offense was junior guard Imani Watkins, who tallied 22 points.

She currently ranks second in the league with 18.7 points per game and was the only Bearcat to reach double-digit scoring in the contest. Sorely missing from Binghamton’s offensive efforts against UMBC was its usual ability to get to the freethrow line. The Bearcats, who have averaged 12 made freethrows per game this season, failed to even take one shot from the charity stripe.

The Bearcats made a greater impact on the boards, grabbing just one fewer (36) than the Retrievers (37). Although BU was out-rebounded for the ninth consecutive time this season, the parity on the boards is a notable improvement, as the Bearcats have grabbed eight fewer rebounds, on average, than their opponents this season.

Both teams struggled from the field; Binghamton made just 31 percent of its shots from the field while UMBC recorded a 31.4 percent clip.

The Bearcats’ best chance at a comeback came at the end of the third quarter, when Watkins scored eight straight to cut the deficit to 41-37. Binghamton couldn’t come any closer, though, going just 1-for-14 from the field in the final quarter.

BU is set to return to the court on Saturday against UMass Lowell. Tipoff is scheduled for 4 p.m. from the Events Center in Vestal, New York.

Retrievers snap BU's three-game win streak

Kyle McDonald Assistant Sports Editor

Filled to capacity on Wednesday night, the student section of the Events Center was eager to watch the Binghamton men’s basketball team win its fourth straight game. They went home bitterly disappointed as the Bearcats (12-11, 3-6 America East) were trounced by UMBC, 92-74.

“I thought it was more about UMBC and how well they played than anything we did or didn’t do,” said BU head coach Tommy Dempsey.

The game started out as a back-and-forth affair, as the lead changed eight times in the first 11 minutes. However, UMBC (15-7, 6-3 AE) pulled away late in the first, ending the half on a 25-12 run. The Retrievers held a 12-point lead going into halftime.

In the second half, the Bearcats fell even farther behind.

UMBC opened up a 23-point lead with less than nine minutes into the half. From there, the Retrievers cruised to an 18-point victory.

“They came in, they clicked on all cylinders pretty much start to finish,” Dempsey said.

The Retrievers’ offense — the highest scoring in the AE — was lethal. Against Binghamton, it shot a 56.1 percent clip from the field. The Retrievers also tallied 20 assists along while shooting 44.4 percent from beyond the arc.

Senior guard Will Darley led the way for UMBC with 24 points.

He shot 4-of-9 from 3-point range. Junior guard Jairus Lyles added 19 points of his own, adding to his league leading 20.7 points per game.

“They moved the ball at a great pace and [they] just have a lot of weapons,” Dempsey said.

“They share the ball great and when they get opportunities they knock the shots down.”

Binghamton’s offense was no

slouch either. BU shot over 50 percent from the field, scoring 74 points, its third-highest scoring game in conference play. Junior forward Willie Rodriguez had 19 points to lead the Bearcats.

However, the problem, which has been a theme thus far this season, was the performance on the defensive end. The team threw multiple defensive looks at UMBC, but nothing could disrupt the flow of the Retrievers’ offense.

“When we played zone, we couldn’t get stops, when we played man we couldn’t get stops,” Dempsey said. “Our kids were playing hard but [UMBC] really had it going tonight.”

A bright spot for BU on Wednesday was senior guard Marlon Beck. Late in the second half he picked the pocket of a UMBC player and laid it in on the other end. This gave Beck 11 points on the night and 1,000 on

his career.

“It means a lot [to score 1,000 points], I definitely wish it could’ve came in a different way,” Beck said. “Over the last four years I just worked hard and gave almost everything to this program.”

Beck was then subbed out by Dempsey at the next stoppage and was serenaded with a standing ovation from the crowd.

“He’s been a rock for us,” Dempsey said of Beck. “I was happy he got [his 1,000th point] at home.”

With this loss, Binghamton now sits sixth in the conference with seven games remaining to make up ground on the leaders.

“The season’s not over, there’s a lot left to go,” Beck said.

BU is set to take on UMass Lowell on Saturday. Tipoff is scheduled for 2 p.m. from the Costello Athletic Center in Lowell, Massachusetts.

Michael Contegni/Staff Photographer Senior guard Marlon Beck recorded his 1,000th point in Wednesday’s 92-74 loss to UMBC.