Spring 2018 Issue 22

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BU to review alert system following stabbing Students remain divided on University response, timeliness Sasha Hupka News Editor

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n honor of Holi, also known as the festival of colors, participants threw over 300 pounds of paint and 5,000 water balloons in Old Dickinson Community on Sunday.

The seventh annual celebration, hosted by the Hindu Student Council (HSC) and Delta Epsilon Psi, a multicultural social and service fraternity, Holi is a Hindu holiday in which people throw colored powder and paint to honor the start of spring.

Holi, or Holika, is rooted in the Hindu legend of Hiranyakashipu, a demon king who believed himself to be superior to all gods.

According to the legend, Hiranyakashipu’s son Prahlada was a follower of Vishnu, the preserver of the universe. Prahlada’s beliefs led to his father conspiring with his aunt Holika, a demon, to kill him. Holika was to take Prahlada into her lap and sit inside the

undreds of current and prospective students gathered Sunday afternoon throughout Old Dickinson Community, the Peace Quad and the Spine to celebrate diversity with International Festival (iFest), an annual event aimed at showcasing Binghamton University’s multicultural student body.

The event, which coincided with the University’s open house for prospective students and their families, featured tables from various groups on campus, including the Women’s Student Union, Ladies Owning their Curls, Kinks and Straights (LOCKS), International Connection, the BU Japanese Association and Asian Outlook. It featured live performances from student musical artists and groups as well as interactive events, such as a car smash, a bouncy house and a dunk tank.

Binghamton University President Harvey Stenger is pledging to review communication with students, faculty and staff in the aftermath of the fatal stabbing of engineering student Joao Souza, 19, in Mountainview College on Sunday night.

At a Friday morning press conference, Stenger spoke briefly on the events of the past week immediately before a BU Council meeting.

“We are at the end of a very busy week, a very complicated week,” Stenger said. “[It’s] a week that will probably be remembered for a very long time — how painful it was to go through the loss of another student.”

At a press conference on Monday night, Stenger promised to review the University’s security, safety and communication methods.

While speaking on Friday, Stenger reaffirmed his commitment to discussing these issues, but said the conference and subsequent BU Council meeting were not the best places to do so.

Rather, Stenger emphasized he wanted to focus on the grieving process on campus.

“We’re not here to dissect or to criticize or to measure everything that’s happened in the past week, there’s time for that,” Stenger said.

“We will have those conversations, we will look at all of our procedures, again, we will look at everything that we did during this process and we will learn from it. But in the meantime, we’re hurt.”

Stenger also referenced a statement released by the University on Thursday, which addressed “frequently asked questions” about the incident.

In the FAQ, the University responded to questions and criticism from students, parents and other community members about actions taken by police and BU officials in the 24 hours after the stabbing.

“There was never a manhunt on campus, though many areas of the campus were searched for evidence as part of the investigation,”

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REBECCA KISS ASSISTANT PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR Students throw colored powder and water balloons at each other in honor of Holi, the Hindu festival celebrating the beginning of spring. The event, hosted by the Hindu Student Council (HSC) and the Delta Epsilon Psi — Alpha, fraternity, raised money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

Festival celebrates cultures at BU Students throw paint, water balloons for Holi

Annual International Festival showcases multiculturalism

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Conference focuses on individuality Activists protest Broome County sheriff's re-election Pathways features six different professionals, two performances Jacob Kerr

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Roughly 50 students and faculty explored the theme of individuality at Binghamton University’s first Pathways conference on Sunday.

Held in the Anderson Center, Pathways, an open-access interdisciplinary conference, featured talks from six professionals centering around originality and individualism.

Activities at the event included giveaways and dance performa nces from Binghamton Bhangra and the PhilippineAmerican League’s Modern Dance group (PAL Moda). Student artists also had their work on display outside of the auditorium.

Student Association (SA) President Jermel McClure, a senior majoring in political science, spoke about the importance of self-reflection at the event.

McClure said he wanted to participate in the conference so he could give younger students a knowledgeable perspective on individuality.

Group protests local jail conditions, inmate deaths Karen Benitez

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KEVIN PAREDES PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR The Binghamton Bhangra dance team performs at the Pathways conference in the Anderson Center. Six professionals at the conference spoke on topics highlighting individuality.

“My message is that it is important for and believe those are the right things, not students to self-reflect and be intentional because society is telling them to.” about all the decisions they’re making,” Phillip Demarest, co-founder and McClure said. “And that they’re making SEE PATHWAYS PAGE 2 those decisions because they reflected

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Community members and Binghamton University students gathered outside of Broome County Sheriff David Harder’s re-election party last Thursday to protest the local prison system.

Donning posters that said, “There is nothing just in our justice system,” and “A jail sentence = a death sentence,” Justice and Unity for the Southern Tier (JUST), a local advocacy group, rallied at 81 Court St. in Downtown Binghamton to protest the treatment of inmates in the Broome County Jail.

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In a statement released by the group, JUST declared that the rally was for “justice and less jailing.” In its statement, JUST said Harder has resisted admitting responsibility for the conditions at the Broome County Jail and committed to the continued use of isolation for juvenile inmates.

Kevin Revier, a member of JUST and a sixth-year Ph.D. candidate studying sociology, said the rally was held at Harder’s re-election party to increase publicity on the abuses occurring in the jail.

“We hope to overall work against further investment in the jail, with aims to shrink the jail size, and support efforts in allocating resources for treatment, mental health, and community support,”

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Students celebrate beginning of spring on Hindu holiday HOLI FROM PAGE 1 bonfire, something only she would survive because of her enchanted shawl. However, Prahlada was saved by Vishnu, and it was Holika and Hiranyakashipu who died. Thus, good triumphed over evil.

The famous tradition of throwing colored powder comes from the love story between the Hindu god Krishna and goddess Radha. Krishna, who is often depicted with a blue complexion, was unsure if the fair-skinned Radha would ever love him. His mother suggested he approach Radha and color her face with paint. With this, Krishna and Radha fell in love, and smearing friends, family and love interests with color on Holi became a tradition.

Holika’s death is often reenacted by lighting a bonfire the day before Holi, known as Holika Dahan. Some Hindus smear the ashes on their bodies as an act of purification.

In addition to throwing paint, attendees also danced to music, drank mango lassies and ate vegetable samosas. Because the event has had high attendance in previous years, the celebration was capped at 500 participants, all of whom were charged $5 for tickets. All proceeds were donated to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

Rohith Reddy, the president of the HSC and Delta Epsilon Psi and a junior majoring in computer science, said the event is fun for everyone, regardless of their religious beliefs.

“I’ve been coming here since before I was a student and I always have a blast,” Reddy said.

“It’s a Hindu holiday but everyone has fun. I’ve never met anyone who didn’t have fun at Holi.”

Nusrat Hossain, a senior majoring in integrative neuroscience, has also been attending Holi since before she became a student at BU. “I come every year because it’s so much fun and you meet all these cool people,” Hossain said.

Natalie Lista, a senior majoring in integrative neuroscience, said she was less experienced with Holi, but still enjoyed the event.

“A friend invited me and she didn’t tell me what it was at all, but I’m having a great time,” Lista said. “I think it’s such a cool concept, it’s like making art in the air and on REBECCA KISS ASSISTANT PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR people’s bodies.”

Holi, hosted by the Hindu Student Council and the Delta Epsilon Psi fraternity, raised money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

BU hosts Pathways conference Protestors advocate for better medical treatment PATHWAYS FROM PAGE 1

organizer of Pathways and a senior majoring in integrative neuroscience, said he believes the conference helps bridge the gap between scientific knowledge and artistic expression. According to Demarest, he was inspired to create Pathways by reactions to the 2016 presidential election.

“What stimulated me to bring on this event was the recent election,” Demarest said in an interview. “Not in terms of the outcome, but with how people dealt with disagreement.”

According to Demarest, the main goal of Pathways is to create its own professional documentary, which would include footage from the conference and advocate for critical thinking and increasing the spread of academic knowledge in a

creative way.

John Beck, a freshman majoring in biology, said he attended the event to hear from Ryan Vaughan, one of the speakers at the event and an adjunct professor of English at BU. According to Beck, he hoped to gain insight from Vaughan’s talk about media influence and humor as a form of medicine.

“I saw an advertisement for it on the [BU] website and thought it seemed interesting,” Beck said. “Vaughan brought a unique perspective about the importance of humor in an individual’s life and how underappreciated and undervalued humor is.”

Another speaker at the event was David Sloan Wilson, distinguished professor of biology and anthropology at BU. Wilson’s talk focused on the biological perspective of individuality,

or evolutionary theory, by questioning the definition of an individual organism.

“It’s a more complicated question than you might think,” Wilson said. “You and me are both organisms, but a group can also be an organism. It is even possible for us to fall apart as organisms.”

Other speakers at the event included Eric Dietrich, a professor of philosophy; Kirsten Prior, an assistant professor of biological sciences; and Diane Clemente, a licensed clinical social worker and private-practice psychoanalyst.

According to Demarest, he plans to have more events like Pathways in the future.

“We’ve been working for about a year now organizing this conference,” Demarest said. “The experience has been wonderful.

Pretty stressful, but wonderful.”

JAIL FROM PAGE 1 Revier wrote in an email.

The rally comes after the Broome County Jail lost a classaction lawsuit on April 4. The lawsuit, filed by Legal Services of Central New York in July 2017 on behalf of the juveniles held in Broome County Jail, was against the continued use of solitary confinement of 16and 17-year-olds in the facility.

JUST held a similar protest during the Broome County Jail’s open house in fall 2017, where the group and community members protested jail conditions and spoke out against jail deaths.

JUST’s statement urged Harder and the county to explain their support for what they called expensive, ineffective and dehumanizing strategies.

The policies they denounced include allowing male guards to watch female prisoners while they shower and use the restroom, and inadequate medical attention for inmates.

They also noted that six inmates have died under Harder’s tenure as sheriff in the last five years.

A study from the United States Department of Justice found that in 2013, only 18 percent of local jails across the country reported inmate deaths.

Bryce Lawson, a junior

majoring in business administration, has been involved with JUST since his sophomore year. Lawson said he reached out to student organizations such as the Black Student Union, College Progressives and the Frances Beal Society to help join the rally.

“We rally because we believe that people have power when they organize,” Lawson wrote in an email. “Rallying against Sheriff Harder lets those that are incarcerated in [Broome County Jail] know that there are people looking out for them and that we care about their lives.”

Stenger pledges to review communication with campus ALERT FROM PAGE 1

BU President Harvey Stenger at a press conference before the BU Council meeting on Friday.

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the statement read. “The police were confident the campus was not at risk and that this was a targeted attack.”

The statement also addressed concerns that the initial B-Alert regarding the attack was not sent until roughly 45 minutes after the stabbing occurred, stating the message was issued as soon as police were able to assess the situation and gather necessary information. At Friday’s press conference, Stenger defended the timeliness of the alert, and said he did not feel it took too long for the University to notify students about the stabbing.

Nevertheless, students like Nuray Seyidzade, a first-year graduate student studying public affairs, are still worried the situation was not handled effectively. According to Seyidzade, the delay put students in danger.

“I understand they have regulations to follow, but because it occurred in the residence halls, other students were in danger,” Seyidzade said. “I think they could have done better.”

However, Dylan Nicholson, a freshman majoring in biology, agreed with Stenger and said he felt the alert was timely.

“I know there were a lot of complaints that there was a B-Alert sent out 45 minutes after the attack, but I didn’t think it was a huge deal,” Nicholson said. “I think they responded to it pretty well given the circumstances.”

According to Dean of Students April Thompson, the University is taking steps to review its communication and reach out to students for commentary.

In an email, Thompson said administrators had met with several students in Mountainview College, including senior residents and members of the Mountainview College Council. Across campus, administrators have also spoken with resident assistants and faculty and staff.

The University will also be offering counseling services and educational programming, including personal safety training and a discussion on helping students in distress, which will also touch on interpersonal and dating violence.

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At the meeting, Council members discussed plans for graduation and Meth found in city of Binghamchanges to the Student Code of ton home Conduct for the 2018-19 academic year. The Council also heard Bing- The Broome County Special Inhamton’s New York State Univer- vestigations Unit Task Force sity Police (UPD) Chief Timothy discovered crystal meth, a semiFaughnan’s annual campus safety automatic handgun and materials report. According to Faughnan, BU frequently used to package and saw 1,403 crimes on campus dur- sell narcotics in a home on Field ing 2017. UPD received over 55,000 Street on Binghamton’s North Side calls to dispatch last year. Faugh- on Thursday, according to WBNG. nan said these numbers are consis- Tania Matias, 39, and Joshua Valtent with the University’s growth. enti, 27, were each charged with Additionally, the Council passed a two felonies and two misdemeanresolution requiring its members ors. Valenti was also charged with to present an annual report to the violating his parole.

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On Thursday, Union-Endicott High School received a shooting threat via a student’s hacked Snapchat, according to WBNG. Two students hacked into another student’s Snapchat account and posted the threat, which implied a possible school shooting. The students will be charged in family court. Police say there is no safety threat to the school or its students.

The following accounts were provided by Investigator Patrick Reilly of Binghamton’s New York State University Police.

Unknown number WEDNESDAY, April 18, 5:26 p.m. — A 19-yearold male contacted UPD after receiving alarming text messages from three unknown numbers. The male said he had received messages over the past two weeks from an unknown suspect who told him they knew who he was and continually asked when they would be hanging out.

On April 18, the victim received a picture of himself sitting in the Chenango Champlain Collegiate Center roughly 10 minutes after he left the location.

Officers advised the victim to warn the suspect to stop contacting him and to tell the suspect the police would be contacted if they continued to harass him. However, the victim decided against contacting the suspect and said he did not want to get the suspect in trouble, since the messages might just be a prank.

Cleanin’ here WEDNESDAY, April 18, 5:57 p.m. — Officers responded to the University Union after a 19-yearold female reported a suspicious person. The female said while she was in a bathroom stall, an unidentified male had opened the bathroom door and said “Leave” two times from outside the restroom. According to the female, when she asked why, the male said “Never mind,” and she

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THURSDAY, April 19, 3:18 p.m. — A 20-yearold male called UPD after discovering a drawing outside the fourth-floor elevator in O’Connor Hall of Dickinson Community. The suspect had drawn a picture of male genitalia on the bulletin board and wrote a name under the drawing.

Officers contacted a resident who had the same name and, upon questioning, the resident said he had not drawn the genitalia on the board and would not have written his name if he had. The graffiti was covered up with additional pieces of paper and the investigation was closed.

Knock, knock FRIDAY, April 20, 12:17 a.m. — An officer in Windham Hall of Mountainview College noticed the odor of marijuana on the first floor of the building outside the entrance to a suite. The officer knocked on the door and heard someone spraying something in the dorm. No one answered the door. The officer knocked a second time and heard someone walking and closing a door inside the suite. Because no one answered the door, the report was turned in to Residential Life, who will investigate the incident.

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Mental health events raise awareness on campus Out of the Darkness Walk raises over $10K Michael Levinstein Pipe Dream News

In order to reduce the stigma surrounding mental illness and increase support for struggling students, community and campus organizations hosted Mental Health Awareness Day and the fifth annual Out of the Darkness Walk this week at Binghamton University.

The Mental Health Awareness Day, held on Friday in the Events Center, featured tabling by local and University-based groups raising awareness on mental health and treatment methods. The event was hosted by the BU’s athletics department, the department of health and wellness studies and a student startup called Runaway.

Runaway, a website that promotes mental health and provides support for those who need it, is developing an app that students could use to talk to volunteers about their problems.

Satvik Sethi, the chief executive officer and founder of Runaway and a sophomore majoring in business administration, said the website helped organize the event to increase attention to mental health.

“We’ve been trying to do as much as we can both on and off campus to get people to be talking about mental health,” Sethi said.

“The goal here is to just bring out any and every student organization who has the goal of helping mental health.”

Zachary Kaplan, a junior majoring in financial economics, said he pushed for and helped organize Mental Health Awareness Day. “I think it’s stigmatized in our current world, and promoting awareness is definitely one way to help break that stigma,” Kaplan said. “Statistically, one in four

JACOB HANNA STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Students walked along the Spine on Saturday to raise awareness of suicide during the Out of the Darkness Walk. Mental Health Awareness Day, in which local and Binghamton University-based groups tabled on mental health and treatment methods, was held the day before.

college students suffers from a mental health illness.”

Nicholas Tighe, a senior majoring in economics, heard about the event through his health and wellness studies class and said he came to show support.

“Everybody’s stressing out all the time, everybody’s got their own issues — whether that’s an eating disorder, or it can be anything,” Tighe said. “Especially around finals coming up, some people are graduating, like myself, and it’s definitely very important because I have a lot on my mind.”

The next day, roughly 140 students participated in the Out of the Darkness Walk, raising over $10,000 for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP). The national organization, which funds research and education for suicide prevention, has chapters in all 50 states with its South Central New York chapter hosting the event. The money raised at the walk will go toward research, advocacy and education for mental health awareness. Half of the money will go to the national organization, and half will stay

with the local chapter.

Jack Shearer, a sophomore double-majoring in linguistics and Italian, attended the walk on Saturday and said he thinks it’s an important way to raise awareness for mental health on campus.

“I think mental health awareness is really important because like I feel like, as college students, it’s kind of expected that we are going to be stressed all the time and everyone doesn’t really talk about it in a super serious way,” Shearer said. “People, I feel like, don’t really want to ask for

help, especially now because we are independent and supposed to be on our own.”

The walk started with a performance by the a cappella group No Strings Attached, followed by a speech from event organizers Mar Santos, a senior majoring in human development, and Amy Fleury, the secretary of the South Central New York chapter of the AFSP. Participants walked three laps around campus, with volunteers stationed along the way to hand out water.

“The night before my very first

walk was a dark one, but somehow I made it out of my bed,” Santos said. “Although I attended the walk alone, I felt far from it. Seeing all of the people who had been touched in some way showed me that I was not alone.”

According to Fleury, a big reason why she wants to help raise awareness is to show people they’re not alone.

“Being caught up in depression, you start to think that you’re isolated and that you are alone, so it’s really important to show that we’re not,” Fleury said.

KEVIN PAREDES PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR Pretty Girls Sweat performs at Binghamton University’s 2018 International Fest, an annual event that aims to showcase and celebrate various cultures.

Groups perform at iFest FESTIVAL FROM PAGE 1

The festival was a collaborative effort between the office of the Student Association vice president for multicultural affairs (VPMA), the Multicultural Resource Center (MRC), Campus Life and the Office of International Students and Scholar Services.

Joshua Gonzalez, the VPMA and a senior majoring in geography, said his office was responsible for reserving the space, organizing the participating groups, creating the schedule and promoting the event.

According to Gonzalez, events like this are needed on campus since they provide not only a place to relax during a stressful time in the semester, but also an opportunity for students to show pride in their culture.

“Events like these are extremely important,” Gonzalez wrote in an email. “Especially when people don’t feel like their cultures are being respected. We have to let it be known that we are here and that our distinct cultures matter.”

Tanyah Barnes, the assistant director of the MRC, said her office helps support the event, both financially and logistically.

Barnes said she believes this event, which promotes acceptance and inclusion, provides a much-

needed service for the campus community, which is reeling from the death of Joao Souza, who was a freshman majoring in engineering.

“This week is a very, very hard week,” Barnes said. “It’s a grieving period. I feel like iFest will allow the community to come together and to connect and say we are more than those experiences.”

Barnes said the event has grown since its debut in 2012, becoming a more engaging experience for both the clubs and the attendees. “[In past years] we’ve talked about really trying to grow it into a more festival environment, so thinking like Coachella, or Moefest, where there’s not multiple days but multiple things going on,“ Barnes said. “I think between last year and this year, it’s really starting to blossom.

You have a bunch of cultural organizations not just tabling, but being fully engaged.”

Aminata Jaiteh, a member of BU’s NAACP chapter and a junior majoring in sociology, said she found the event helpful when she was a freshman and hoped her participation at this year’s festival would encourage others to get involved.

“When I first came here, iFest was definitely eye-opening

and I enjoyed it,” Jaiteh said.

“It showed me all the different organizations on campus, so looking at that I felt being a part of this event was important, for both incoming freshmen walking around and current students, who probably don’t even know about your organization.”

Ra’Vynn Waters, a member of BU’s NAACP chapter and a sophomore majoring in nursing, said the event exposed her and her organization to new groups on campus.

“We actually met an organization today and we discussed possibly doing collaborations,” Waters said. “We didn’t even know the organization was there until they came to us, so that’s how this event helps you get to know about all the other organizations.”

Robin Brown, an undeclared freshman, said she attended the event to support her friends in various organizations. According to Brown, the exposure that iFest provides is important for these groups.

“I think it’s important so you see all the different organization on campus because it’s easy to not know about them,” Brown said.

“This is a day to present them to the campus.”

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KEVIN PAREDES PHOTO EDITOR The Services for Students with Disabilities office in the University Union.

BU must better serve students with disabilities Jessica Gutowitz

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Some of you may be familiar with the Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) office, which provides students with disabilities with the accommodations that will help them to learn as effectively as they can. It provides a vast array of services for these students.

There are quite a few hoops to jump through, however.

Before a student even arrives at Binghamton University for their freshman year, they have to contact SSD and medically prove that they have a disability. They then meet with a representative from the office to discuss the accommodations that will be provided, and the procedures for procuring them.

This is all well and good,

and makes sense. But beyond this initial meeting, students must request that their accommodation letters be sent to all of their instructors before each semester. The process is simple enough — it’s done online — but I have a hard time understanding why it is necessary. These students have already proven that they require these services. It seems that the SSD would automatically send out these letters to its registered students’ professors without being prompted. If a student forgets to do this, they can, and likely will, be denied services by their professors, making learning in class difficult or even impossible.

Once a student requests their letters and SSD sends them out, they must meet with each of their professors to discuss them. This is a major inconvenience to the students, as they must rearrange their schedules to attend each of

their professors’ and teaching assistants’ office hours. For me, last semester, I had to meet with eight different people, at eight different times, in eight different places. My meetings rarely took up more than five minutes, though the hassle of email-tag, figuring out where to go and the minimum 15-minute walk took far longer than the meetings themselves.

I have found my meetings extremely unnecessary, as my accommodation letters are selfexplanatory. If the letters are clear and specific, there should be no need for a meeting. If anything, meetings should be optional at the request of the student. And yet, if students do not meet with all of the necessary people, they can be denied their accommodations.

Once a student has done all of this, the professors themselves sometimes seem to simply discard the information.

I have had professors ask me to remind them when my

disability is relevant to them.

Even after hurdling all of these obstacles to make sure my professors are informed and understanding, it is disregarded, and all of the onus is placed on the student. I don’t mind advocating for myself, but if I have to constantly remind my professors to do their jobs, what was the point of everything else? This isn’t to say that every professor does this. Some instructors are excellent in their dedication to helping their disabled students, but it is those who would sooner cause a student difficulty than attend to their needs who compile the issue.

All in all, the University puts minimal effort into helping students with disabilities.

Disabled students are no less valuable than other students, so the University should stop treating us as such.

— Jessica Gutowitz is a freshman majoring in English.

facets of everyday life. It takes form when we talk about victims of police brutality. Some people will say the victim “deserved it” because they carried themselves a certain way or they talked back to the officers — things that are harmless, but are deemed dangerous. It can be seen when we tell young men not to sag their pants if they want people to respect them. Former President Barack Obama was criticized for using respectability politics when bringing up issues of black criminality following the verdict in Michael Brown’s case.

The problem is that not doing any of these things — being disrespectful to officers, sagging your pants — won’t actually save you. We’ve seen the police hurt people even when they do all the “right” things, like Philando Castile.

We’ve seen “respectable” black men still be treated unfairly, like Sen. Tim Scott, a black senator who said he was pulled over by law enforcement seven times in one year. This shows that no matter how many times an oppressed group tiptoes, says “excuse me” and “thank you” and gets college degrees, those issues will still be there.

No amount of “respectable behavior” actually mitigates racism.

Respectability politics simply don’t work, and people need to face that so we can stop dividing our communities. I even see it practiced on this campus whenever there’s an incident that prompts action against the administration of Binghamton University — there are always talks about what the “appropriate” way to act is. More often than not, it leads to inaction. Respectability politics take the blame away from the perpetrators of oppression. It makes us focus on the mode of telling our message rather than the message itself. And through it all, it hurts our communities.

Let’s stop tone-policing and actually get something done.

Though the left and right, Democrats and Republicans alike, choose to believe they are vastly different from one another, one problem comes up across the political spectrum: the use of respectability politics. As it’s used today, respectability politics can be defined as “what happens when minority and/or marginalized groups are told (or teach themselves) that in order to receive better treatment from the group in power, they must behave better.”

The term was coined in Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham’s “Righteous Discontent: The Women’s Movement in the Black Baptist Church, 1880–1920.”

In the fight for equal rights, some people in minority groups attempted to distance themselves from the negative qualities that the majority — the white population — stereotypically ascribed to them. In Higginbotham’s book, she describes how black women attempted to gain respect in their movement by building schools and social welfare programs, as these were deemed to be respectable methods of resistance.

On the surface, respectability politics appear harmless, even beneficial. One may feel that it makes complete sense to behave better if you’re seeking better treatment. But in reality, respectability politics are a tool for keeping oppressed populations oppressed.

Opponents of respectability politics, such as myself, argue that this practice is problematic because it shifts blame and responsibility from the oppressive group to the oppressed. Rather than pushing for the group in power to stop reinforcing racism, sexism, etc. and make meaningful change, respectability politics tell us that the historically oppressed group must police themselves in order to stop being harmed.

— Sarah Molano is a junior doubleThis isn’t just another fancy term. majoring in English and philosophy, Respectability politics permeate many politics and law.

BU should address the needs of students with allergies The administration should take measures to protect allergy sufferers

Gunnar Jurgensen

Contributing columnist

Allergies are a nuisance for everyone, whether it be for allergy sufferers themselves or their peers.

We can probably all remember the “peanut-free zone” at school and not being allowed to bring baked goods made at home to share with the class, and, quite honestly, many of us were probably annoyed with these rules. However, there was a valid reason for these procedures to be put in place and an even more valid reason why Binghamton University needs to step up its food allergy game.

Food allergies are on the rise.

In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that between 1997 and 2011, the number of children suffering with food allergies in the United States increased by 50 percent. Today, one in 13 children suffer from a food allergy. More specifically, the number of allergies to peanuts and tree nuts tripled between 1997 and 2008, and this trend has only continued.

In response, schools across the country have created nut-free zones and other similar policies.

Despite these school-enforced policies, society at large seems to be indifferent to the fact that they publicly consume foods that can harm and even kill their peers.

People leave Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup wrappers on desks, leave

crumbs of nuts in the library and even consume peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in seminars.

I myself suffer from a deadly peanut allergy, and honestly feel terrible expecting people to adapt their lives to accommodate me. I know there are people who have it worse than myself, and cannot smell or touch peanut butter without going into anaphylactic shock, so to some extent I think the BU community must be more aware of the needs of its peers. If we are to be aware of our peers’ needs and other parts of their identities, why not be aware of the needs of those suffering with extreme food allergies? To some extent, I think the University needs to work toward at least raising awareness of this growing problem and

enacting simple policies that keep students safe and provide some degree of peace of mind.

For instance, at SUNY Geneseo, peanut sauce and peanut oil is not used in any food prep, and peanut butter is sold in single-serve, covered, disposable cups. Does that sound like BU, where there is usually a meal containing peanut sauce being served at Mein Bowl in the Marketplace, and peanut butter is all over Red Mango and the bagel spread stations in the dining halls? Personally, it seems a lot easier and more beneficial to simply remove these items from food preparation areas than it is to deal with students with severe allergies being fearful and experiencing a life-threatening reaction. Even in campus dorm

rooms, you’ll find students cooking dishes with peanuts and other highly allergic foods using communal food preparation equipment. Even if an allergy sufferer wanted to cook their own food for peace of mind, they wouldn’t be able to in their communal kitchen.

Obviously, the University cannot totally mediate the problem, but it can at least take a step in the right direction and reassure students that it empathizes with their concerns.

The Simple Servings station in the Chenango Champlain Collegiate Center Dining Hall is great and all, but it is more expensive and limited in options. It does not nearly go far enough to provide students with a sense of safety when they go

to complete the simple, necessary daily task of eating. Most students do not consider food allergies as they go through their day, which I am envious of and can totally understand given that it does not affect them on a day-to-day basis. However, the school should inform incoming freshmen of many of their peers’ situations and to be mindful of their health concerns. People with allergies did not choose to have the allergy, but we can all choose to be cognizant of what they are going through and not leave peanut crumbs on desks. We cannot force people to do anything, but we can choose to be more mindful.

— Gunnar Jurgensen is a junior majoring in political science.

Letter to the Editor: The aftermath of April 15 They caught the guy, yes, but I’m sorry, that doesn’t make it all fine again and make everything go back to “normal” that easily. As much as I tell myself I’m starting to be OK, I realize all of the little things that remind me that it isn’t, in fact, OK. It’s waking up with tears on my cheeks from a nightmare the night after my first day of feeling like myself again. It’s me calling my friends to let me into their

room so I don’t trigger them by knocking. It’s me feeling the need to check through the peephole even though I know it’s my suitemate at the door.

It’s my compassionate coaches calling me twice a day and insisting they walk me to class even though there’s no longer a threat at large. It’s us jumping at noises behind us. It’s me rushing to unlock my door with the key I haven’t used all year. It’s my suitemates yelling

at me for doing homework on the ground floor alone. It’s everyone in my building putting off doing laundry and not being completely comfortable exiting or entering Windham Hall of Mountainview College. It’s the empty sleeping pill bottles people have. It’s the pepper spray my friend carries in her pocket. It’s seeing my fellow athletes have less of that spark when we pass each other and say hello. It’s the smell of cleaning

supplies stuck in my nostrils that were used to make it seem like it never happened. It’s this misery of trying to sort through it all and not wanting to admit our suffering. And finally, it’s me no longer giving people the benefit of the doubt, because when I did that with Michael Roque, he ended up brutally murdering someone before all of us. It’s all of this that reminds me that I am not OK, we are not OK, this was not OK.

The ordeal is over, but why can’t we end it in our subconscious as well? The anger, the fear, the nervousness, the second guessing … dealing with all of this is frustrating and exhausting. I don’t have an answer for what you can do to help or if I’m OK, so no need to ask. I appreciate all the support that’s been provided for us and I value those individuals with all my heart. Trust me when I say I know that it will be alright with

time, that we will get through it as we process these events, but we will never forget it. I hope no one ever has to deal with what we are dealing with, yet I know that’s too much to ask in the world we live in. So yeah, all I know is that’s where I am at today; tomorrow could be different.

— Kaylee Wasco is freshman majoring human development.

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ARTS & CULTURE CULTURE At Moefest, Jay Som rocked campus with indie-pop vibes Jay Som headlined this year’s Moefest, capping a day of performances by student bands including natural born kissers and Elephant Jake.

WHRW brought the artist to BU on Saturday Shauna Bahssin Managing Editor

For Jay Som — a moniker for Oakland-based bedroom-pop artist Melina Duterte — who headlined WHRW’s Moefest on Saturday, performing on college campuses can be a surprise.

“College shows are really fun — it’s kind of a gamble, you never know what you’re going to get because they’re always student-run,” Duterte said. “I think it’s really cool because most of the time students directly request for an artist.

This last year especially, we’ve gotten a lot of requests to play [from students].”

Moefest is both a festival and a concert run by members

of WHRW and supported by other artistic student groups.

Starting in the middle of Saturday afternoon, student organizations, including the Alpha Delta Phi Society and the Food Co-op, tabled outside the Student Wing as student bands and DJs warmed up for the headlining act. Like many other Binghamton University concerts, the headliner is selected based on a student survey; for WHRW this year, Jay Som returned a lot of interest.

It was clear during the concert that one of Jay Som’s greatest merits while playing live is the ability for their songs to disintegrate into a wave of lo-fi dissonance — a sharp contrast to how tightly each member of the band plays together. This benefits each song in dramatically different ways: For single “O.K., Meet

Me Underwater,” the vocals and instruments blurred together to emulate the title; for others, like concert-closer “Baybee,” it allowed for a striking stop to a fast-paced song.

Duterte, who has two albums out (“Turn Into,” from 2016, and “Everybody Works,” from 2017), integrated songs from each record into the set — but the concert still managed to maintain cohesiveness.

“It’s usually never weird to mix in those old tracks, maybe because I write all the songs, they sound like it’s not too far off from each other — from ‘Turn Into’ and ‘Everybody Works’ — so it’s really fun to play those songs and mix it in,” Duterte said. “Mostly ‘Everybody Works’ songs because we are still on cycle to tour with that.”

Another evident strength in Jay Som’s performance was

how conspicuous the band’s own enjoyment was. Banter aside, they play off each other’s musical cues incredibly well, and weren’t concerned about hiding their buoyant attitude during upbeat songs like “The Bus Song,” which is their biggest hit. Duterte hinted, “This next song is about transportation,” anticipating that the audience would assume what they were about to play, but then she had the band play an intro to another song. After cutting off the fake introduction sharply, Duterte began the solo intro to “The Bus Song” as her bandmates mimed each line behind her back.

Behind the scenes, station members of WHRW said they were relieved that the concert had gone off without a hitch.

“I think this is probably one of the best Moefests we’ve had,” said Jeff Goldberg, general

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manager of WHRW and a senior majoring in geography. “I can’t speak for the Moefests we’ve had before I was a student, but there were no technical issues, everyone was here on time and everyone really just enjoyed the atmosphere, it seems. It was a perfect weather day … so I really can’t complain about any of it.”

Goldberg reminisced upon Moefest 2016, which some upperclassmen may remember as the year that it was too wet for indie band Wet to play, causing the concert to be rained out before the headlining band could play.

“You go into [producing Moefest] expecting the worst to happen,” Goldberg said. “Like, it’s 40 degrees and there’s a thunderstorm and you’re going to kill someone, like the Wet show two years ago where it was pouring rain and we almost

killed [Binghamton Sound, Stage and Lighting] because we fried all of their equipment.

As someone who’s been putting work into this since September, I’m astounded by how smoothly this went.”

Jacob Levine, the music director of WHRW and a junior majoring in English, was responsible for securing Jay Som to headline and said he was similarly proud of the resulting concert.

“I’m very happy with the response that’s been to the choosing of Jay Som,” Levine said. “And now being at the show, which, if I may say so myself, was incredible … it seems like a lot of people enjoyed Jay Som as the artist, and there were a lot of fans there, a lot of people singing the words, a lot of people enjoying her onstage banter. I’m thrilled it went over so well.”

DRAM to open Spring Fling The hip-hop artist is known for 'Broccoli' Georgia Westbrook Arts & Culture Editor

After announcing three weeks ago that Foster the People will headline Spring Fling, the Student Association Programming Board (SAPB) announced today that hiphop artist DRAM will open for the alternative group.

DRAM, the stage name of Shelley Marshaun MassenburgSmith, released his debut studio album “Big Baby DRAM” in October 2016. Earlier that year, DRAM dropped the single “Broccoli” featuring Lil Yachty, which peaked at No. 5 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.

The artist’s other notable songs include “Cash Machine” and “CHA CHA.” This year, DRAM has released several singles, including “Must’ve Been” with Chromeo, “Look Back” featuring Diplo and a remix of Clean Bandit and Julia Michael’s song, “I Miss You.” He is reportedly working on a second album.

Unlike Foster the People, DRAM aligns more with the genre of acts the SAPB has recently brought to campus, including Post Malone, Mac Miller and Fetty Wap. Ashley Blake, the concerts chair for the SAPB and a senior majoring in history, said that she hopes DRAM will complement the pop-rock headliner. ”He’s had a lot of popularity over the past year or two and we really felt like he was a good person to bring [that] the student body would enjoy,” Blake said.

“We felt a good balance, as we had a pop headliner, to kind of

KEVIN PAREDES PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR California-based chain Blaze Pizza will open a location at 3714 Vestal Parkway, next to IHOP, on Thursday, April 26.

The fast-food restaurant serves affordable, custom-made personal pizzas.

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The chain will open in Vestal on Thursday Rachel Greenspan

Assistant Arts & Culture Editor

PROVIDED BY CHRISTINE HAHN/MILK DRAM will open for Foster the People at Spring Fling.

bring in that hip-hop/rap side of things as well … we feel confident now that there’s something for everyone.”

After his stop at Binghamton University, DRAM will perform at the Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis, Tennessee on May 6, the day after Spring Fling. He will also be performing at the Governors

Ball Music Festival on June 1 in New York City.

Spring Fling is set for May 5.

Doors will open at 6:30 p.m., and the concert is scheduled to begin with the student opener, Gnarwall, at 7:30 p.m. DRAM will be taking the stage for a 40-minute set before Foster the People goes on around 9:15 p.m.

New York City folks, prepare to judge: There’s a new pizza chain coming to the Binghamton area.

Blaze Pizza will open its doors at 3714 Vestal Parkway on Thursday. Located between IHOP and Panera Bread, Blaze will offer customized personal pizzas for low prices, around $8. This will be the company’s 10th location in New York state.

The chain, which opened its first locations in Irvine and Pasadena, California, in 2012, operates like Chipotle or CoreLife Eatery, with made-to-order food and an open kitchen. With gasfired ovens that reach 700 degrees Fahrenheit, Blaze is able to cook

each pizza in three minutes.

The brand is backed by various celebrity investors including Maria Shriver, LeBron James and Red Sox chairman Tom Werner.

To celebrate its opening in the Binghamton area, Blaze will offer free pizza from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday, April 27, to anyone following their Facebook, Instagram or Twitter accounts.

The interior of the restaurant will seat 78 people, create 50 jobs and make an effort to use recycled materials and LED lighting, according to a press release. The company has 260 locations across the United States, as well as locations in Kuwait and Canada.

Blaze will also offer a fundraising program that gives 20 percent of an event’s proceeds to local organizations. Similar fundraising programs at local spots like Cold Stone Creamery and Chipotle are popular

among Binghamton University student-run organizations and philanthropy groups.

Blaze is one of many restaurants bringing their business to the greater Binghamton area this year.

205 Dry, the speakeasy-themed restaurant and bar, opened its doors in Downtown Binghamton in February, and Craft, popular for its sliders and milkshakes, opened up Downtown in March.

In addition to healthier options like gluten-free dough and salads, the Blaze menu also features the typical array of pizza toppings, from pepperoni to artichoke.

“Our mission at Blaze is really simple – we’re taking pizza back to its roots,” said Jim Mizes, president and CEO of Blaze, in a press release. “We’re giving guests a great way to enjoy artisanal pizza without the wait.”

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Fashion Runway club inspires with #RealPeople event Models strutted their stuff in donated looks James Tlsty

Contributing Writer

From dark, multipurpose space, the Binghamton University Union Undergrounds transformed into a vintage and streetwear fashion showcase on Sunday.

Fashion Runway welcomed students and community members to its first major event, a fashion show with a focus on the local community and body positivity with the title of #RealPeople. The club collaborated with two local vintage boutiques to showcase 26 unique outfits on 13 diverse models.

Jessie Kwan, the president and founder of Fashion Runway and a senior majoring in business administration, said the event was an opportunity to celebrate diversity and challenge the mainstream portrayals of fashion. “#RealPeople is a fashion show that embraces different body shapes and really empowers anyone to feel comfortable [both] in what they’re wearing and in their own skin,” Kwan said. “We want to empower people not just through clothes but

through conversation … fashion is for real people. Fashion should not just be for people who are slim … but for everyone in all shapes, sizes, races and cultures.”

Alexandra VanHoesen, a junior triple-majoring in linguistics, Spanish and Arabic studies, was one of the models for the event.

VanHoesen said she was excited about the inclusivity of the event.

“I feel like in the fashion industry … is kind of negative toward women who are larger,” VanHoesen said. “As a larger woman … I like that they included women who are bigger in this high-end fashion event.” #RealPeople also highlighted styles from two local vintage boutiques, Mabel D. Orr Fashion Boutique and The Blue Egg, both located on Clinton Street in Binghamton. The shops provided outfits for the models, curated around two different stylistic themes: streetwear and vintage.

The models wore one of each of these styles as they walked down the runway, with the streetwear outfits opening the show and the vintage outfits rounding out the event.

Heidi Weeks, owner of Mabel D. Orr Fashion Boutique and stylist for #RealPeople, said that the look of

the outfit is more important than how old any piece is.

“We mix a lot of vintage and contemporary,” Weeks said. “For me, clothing is art, so I don’t really care what era it’s from.”

Rachel Levy, a senior triplemajoring in history, political science and philosophy, politics and law, served as another model for the event. Levy praised the collaborative process of working alongside these boutiques and the support the models received from the owners in crafting the perfect look.

“They were fantastic,” Levy said.

“A lot of the time we would just wander around the store and pick out things that caught our eye. As soon as we said, ‘I like this,’ they said, ‘How can we make this work?’”

The show concluded with a pop-up shop, which featured all the clothes modeled throughout the event for sale. Kwan said she was grateful for the opportunity her organization had to work with the boutiques and noted that the owners were supportive through every step.

“What’s special about these boutiques is that they’re not wellknown on campus just because they’re not on the [Off Campus College Transport] bus line,” Kwan

KOJO SENOO STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Models walk the runway at Fashion Runway’s #RealPeople fashion show on Sunday. The event aimed to celebrate the community and foster body positivity.

said. “But when you actually go to their stores, they have really unique stuff. They actually supported us in casting unique models …

I think that was reflected in our work today.”

The event also featured a performance from student

breakdance group, the BU Breakers.

Kwan said the performance served as a “fun complement” to Fashion Runway’s streetwear collection that opened the show. The event was additionally sponsored by CoreLife Eatery in University Plaza in Vestal.

During an intermission, audience

members had the opportunity to answer CoreLife trivia in exchange for meal vouchers.

Kwan said she has long-term goals for Fashion Runway.

“Maybe [the University] can create a fashion major,” Kwan said.

“That would be our 30-year goal.”

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Binghamton falls to No. 2 Albany Despite three goals from Licata, BU overpowered Grace Palumbo

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KATHERINE SCOTT PIPE DREAM PHOTOGRAPHER Senior outfielder Jessica Rutherford went a perfect four-for-four from the plate in the first of three losses to UMass Lowell.

Softball swept by UMass Lowell Bearcats struggle offensively in AE series Samuel Ditchek Sports Editor

Coming off a brutal 10-0 loss to Stony Brook, the Binghamton softball team was swept by UMass Lowell this weekend.

The reigning America East (AE) regular season champions dropped their 20th game of the season and their seventh conference match as offensive woes continued to plague them.

The Bearcats (11-20, 4-7 AE) began the series with a doubleheader Saturday afternoon against the top team in the conference. The River Hawks (15-22, 9-2 AE) took the threegame spread by scores of 3-2, 2-0 and 6-1, respectively.

Despite strong pitching by sophomore Rayn Gibson and beyond effective hitting by senior outfielder Jessica Rutherford, freshman pitcher Lovina Capria threw a complete game to power the River Hawks to their first

victory of the weekend. The 10-4 starting pitcher tossed seven nearly flawless innings in which Capria fanned 10 batters and surrendered just one walk. Even though Gibson also had a solid day by giving up only one run, the Bearcats were unable to turn hits into runs and that ultimately cost the team a close one.

In game one, Rutherford went a perfect four-for-four at the plate, including an RBI single in the top of the fifth inning. Although the Bearcats had seven other hits in the opener, BU failed to tally a single earned run and ultimately fell to UMass Lowell.

Hoping to secure its first victory during the nightcap, BU was unsuccessful yet again as it was overpowered by another complete game tossed by a UMass pitcher. Junior pitcher Kaysee Talcik, who was only 3-14 on the year, appeared to be an all-star as she struck out nine batters and surrendered two hits. Senior third baseman Kate Richard and sophomore first baseman Kassidy Seary were the only Bearcats to

reach base in the second match of the series.

Although the Bearcats could not repeat the same hitting success in game two, the rotation was nonetheless efficient.

Sophomore pitcher Rozlyn Price, who started for Binghamton, and junior pitcher Makenzie Goluba each went three innings without giving up a single earned run. Three different fielding errors by BU coupled with the lack of hitting, however, cost Binghamton the close game.

Heading into game three of the winless weekend, the Bearcats were outmatched in the 6-1 defeat. The River Hawks, behind the pitching of Talcik, kept Binghamton to just one run despite six hits on Sunday afternoon. UMass Lowell tallied 11 hits and six earned runs, three of which occurred in the fifth inning alone.

In the bottom of the fifth, River Hawks senior first baseman Vanessa Cooper, senior outfielder Samantha McQueen and senior outfielder Madison Alcorn all posted RBIs against a struggling

Binghamton pitching staff. BU used four different pitchers on the day, none of whom survived longer than two innings. Gibson dropped her ninth game of the season as she faced 11 batters in 1.2 innings pitched.

With the three losses on the weekend, the team finds itself below .500 with three AE series remaining during the regular season. It may be the case that the lack of home-field advantage may be contributing to some of the struggles facing BU head coach Michelle Johnston’s squad. Having already moved several series that would have been played at home to other locations, it is currently uncertain if the team will ever have the opportunity to play in at the Bearcats Sports Complex before the season concludes in a few weeks.

Looking to secure their 12th victory of the year, BU is set to face Syracuse for a nonconference matchup. First pitch against the Orange is scheduled for 4 p.m. on Tuesday from Syracuse, New York.

Coming off of an America East (AE) Conference loss against UMBC last weekend, the Bearcats looked to take home a win this past Friday night against No. 2 Albany. However, the Great Danes’ competition proved too tough for Binghamton (4-10, 1-4 AE), who ultimately fell to Albany, 18-7.

Both teams came into the match ready for competitive play. The first six minutes of the game featured the Bearcats and the Great Danes (11-1, 4-1 AE) going shot-for-shot until Albany was able to net its first goal. Binghamton was unable refocus and went on to surrender another goal just two minutes later. The remainder of the quarter saw the Bearcats faltering on the defensive end as it permitted Albany to net two additional scores. The Great Danes allowed only one BU goal, courtesy of freshman attack Sean Makar and assisted by senior midfielder Stephen Petrelli.

“I thought we were okay in certain aspects and then in other aspects we didn’t do great,” said BU head coach Kevin McKeown.

“I think once we got into a settled game of six-on-six, we were okay there, but in between the lines, clearing the ball, we didn’t do great.”

Binghamton came out attacking at the start of the second quarter, putting up a goal just under two minutes into play from junior midfielder Joe Licata.

However, the Bearcats’ efforts failed to shift to defensive play, as Albany put up five consecutive goals. Licata and Petrelli were able to net two additional scores to help BU come back, but their efforts were not enough. The

Great Danes secured one more goal before the buzzer sounded, putting the score at 10-4 going into the locker room at halftime.

During the third quarter, BU was able to hold Albany to just three goals and earned a goal itself. In goal, redshirt sophomore Kevin Carbone recorded an impressive five saves over this period. As play continued into the fourth quarter, however, Albany regained its footing, posting five more goals before the clock ran out. Thanks to the offensive efforts of Petrelli and senior attack Thomas McAndrew, BU was able to net two shots as well, but the game still went overwhelmingly in favor of Albany, 18-7.

“I thought Carbone played pretty well on goal, too,” McKeown said. “He saw some tough shots from some very high-level competitors and I thought he was able to fight a couple off that normally would go in for them.”

Albany currently ranks No. 1 in the AE Conference standings and No. 2 nationally. If Albany can retain its first-place status in the AE, it will host the conference tournament in early May. BU still has one final conference match set for this Friday at home against Stony Brook, who currently ranks second in the conference. This past weekend, the Seawolves overpowered UMBC to earn a close victory.

“For us, it’s really going to be about putting a great game together for our seniors, with it being their last home game and most likely last game as well,” McKeown said. “Our hope is that everybody will rally around them and we’ll be able to get a win against Stony Brook.”

The Bearcats are set to face off against the Seawolves this Friday at 7 p.m. from the Bearcats Sports Complex in Vestal, New York.

JONATHAN FLORES PIPE DREAM PHOTOGRAPHER Junior midfielder Joe Licata put up a hat trick in an otherwise sluggish offensive performance in a blowout loss to Albany.

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Junior midfielder Rebecca Golderman’s hat trick helped the Bearcats clinch their first America East Tournament in program history.

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Bearcats clinch spot in America East Tournament Binghamton wins close match over River Hawks Connor Bisaillon

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As the game clock ticked down to 0:00 on Saturday night, the Bearcats’ seasonlong goal became a reality as they clinched a spot in the America East (AE) Tournament for the first time in program history with their win over UMass Lowell. The victory moved the Binghamton women’s lacrosse team to 7-8 overall and 4-2 in conference play with one

game left in the regular season.

“This is something that our girls have worked tirelessly for all season and really all year long,” said BU head coach Stephanie Allen. “It was a great achievement by our team and just shows the progress that we have made as a program.”

The Bearcats played an impressive first half, led by five goals from redshirt senior attack Brianne Arthur. The defenses were on lockdown early, with UMass Lowell (4-11, 1-5 AE) finally breaking through after 10 minutes of scoreless play.

After the River Hawks gained a

1-0 lead, Binghamton dominated on offense for the rest of the period. The Bearcats quickly responded with a goal of their own just minutes later as junior midfielder Rebecca Golderman found the back of the net to tie the game. BU then proceeded to go on a 7-0 run and take a commanding 8-1 advantage with five minutes still left to play in the first frame.

The River Hawks cut the lead for a short time at the end of the first half, scoring three quick goals in slightly over two minutes. However, the Bearcats’ offense proved too powerful, and

the team regained its seven-goal margin going into the break with an 11-4 score off of goals from sophomore midfielder Amelia Biancardi, as well as Arthur’s fifth goal of the half and Golderman’s second goal of the game, the latter coming in with one second remaining on the clock.

UMass Lowell played a higher level of defense in the second period, holding the Bearcats to just one goal over 30 minutes of play, compared to the 11 let up in the first quarter.

Golderman scored the lone goal of the second half for the

Bearcats, registering a hat trick for the game. The River Hawks used their improved defense and stellar play from their goalkeeper, senior Courtney Barrett, to cut their deficit, but never decreased it to fewer than three goals.

“I thought we did a good job of holding off some of their stronger players in the first half, but [we] allowed them to come back in in the latter part of the second half,” Allen said.

Nonetheless, this was a historic victory for the Bearcats and for the women’s lacrosse program overall, as they

clinched a spot in the postseason conference tournament after coming up just short in the past few years. They achieved their goal, but they won’t be able to let up their momentum anytime soon, as the Bearcats hope to continue their success as they round out the regular season and begin the postseason.

The Bearcats are set to play their final regular season finale next Saturday afternoon, April 28 in a home matchup against UNH. The game is scheduled to start at noon from the Bearcats Sports Complex in Vestal, New York.

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With bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the ninth, BU redshirt sophomore infielder Alex Baratta hit a fly ball deep to center field, but it was corralled by Albany’s defense. Senior pitcher Joe Orlando was able to tag up on the play to cut the Bearcats’ deficit to 3-2 as redshirt sophomore outfielder Daniel Franchi came to the plate. A deep shot to the rightcenter field wall would have plated at least the tying run, but a leaping grab at the wall sealed the fate for the Bearcats as they lost 3-2 to the Great Danes in game one of the doubleheader on Saturday.

Game two was dominated by senior starter Nick Wegmann, who threw a three-hit shutout en route to a 2-0 win. Game three on Sunday started off well for the Bearcats, but in the end they lost by a 6-4 margin. Overall, the Bearcats dropped to 10-22-1 (6-9 America East) after the three-game set against Albany (17-16, 7-8 AE).

During game one, after giving up a run in the fourth and two in the sixth, Binghamton was in

a 3-0 hole. BU got a run back in the bottom of the seventh off of two walks and a wild pitch. The Bearcats scored another run in the bottom of the ninth but failed to tie it up in game one. Junior starter Nick Gallagher was credited with the loss after pitching six innings and surrendering three runs.

Game two featured a lockdown performance by Wegmann, who didn’t allow a run throughout the seven-inning game. Both pitchers got off to a good start, but in the bottom of the fourth, the Bearcats broke the stalemate. Following a lead-off double by senior outfielder CJ Krowiak, senior designated hitter Pat Britt hit a two-run homer over the right-field wall to give the Bearcats the 2-0 edge.

These two hits were Binghamton’s only two of the game, but came in at a timely manner as the 2-0 score ended up being the final.

The Bearcats started off the rubber match of the series well, jumping ahead 3-0 after the first inning. After a walk, hit-by-pitch and a single loaded the bases, senior shortstop Paul Rufo hit a two-RBI double followed by a sacrifice fly by senior infielder Luke Tevlin to conclude scoring for the inning.

With runners on the corners and no outs in the top of the

ARIEL KACHURO PIPE DREAM PHOTOGRAPHER Senior starting pitcher Nick Wegmann threw a complete, scoreless game against Albany in the Bearcats’ only win of the weekend.

sixth, redshirt senior starter Jacob Wloczewski attempted to pitch his way out of a jam. Once he struck out one batter, he seemed to be well on his way, but after a ground ball, which seemed to be a double-play ball, only got one out at second, the

inning began to unravel. With one run already in, a ball got lost in the sun for an RBI double. Wloczewski then left the game and two walks later, a two-run single gave the Great Danes the lead. The Bearcats contained the inning to only four

runs, but lost their advantage.

They did, however, tie it up in the bottom half of the sixth off of an RBI single from freshman infielder Jake Evans. This was ultimately the last run that Binghamton scored during the series as runs in the

eighth and ninth propelled Albany to a 6-4 victory.

The Bearcats are set to face Cornell on Tuesday. First pitch is set for 6:30 p.m. from the Bearcats Sports Complex in Vestal, New York.