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Starting next year, Off Campus College Transport may begin charging students for vomiting on blue buses.
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Binghamton University’s Off Campus College Transport (OCCT) may begin charging students for vomiting on the blue buses starting next academic year. According to Glenell Jaquez, public relations coordinator for OCCT and a first-year graduate student studying accounting, the plan to charge students a cleaning fee is currently awaiting approval from Tanya Husick, executive director of transportation and parking services. “We’ve been throwing this idea around because last semester was really bad with the vomiting,” Jaquez said. “It gets pretty crazy [Downtown] with students trying to come back to campus, but the thing is — just because one person vomited on the bus — we have to take the entire bus out of service for the rest of the night to get
it cleaned.” When OCCT switches out a dirty bus, there is only a certain number of buses available to replace it. If multiple buses experience a biohazard — the term used for incidents such as vomit — then there will not be enough buses on route to service the number of students in need of a ride home at the end of the night. “That’s where the theory came in, that if we charge people then they’ll be more careful not to vomit on the bus — maybe they’ll take care of business before getting on,” Jaquez said. “It’s more of a scare tactic, if anything, to avoid people vomiting on the bus. It’s a little unfair just because you took yourself to that level, and inflicted selfdamage to yourself and now you’ve vomited, [and] now a few dozen students won’t be able to make it back to campus because of you.” Gabriel Perez, a senior majoring in economics, said he is in
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School sees Shutdown impacts research, resources outcry after alleged strip search Federal agencies face backlog as they reopen Sasha Hupka news editor
Parents of four East Middle School students speak out Amy Donovan
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Four female middle school students were allegedly strip-searched at East Middle School on Jan. 15 for suspicion of possessing drugs, prompting protests and outcry from Binghamton community members and organizations. According to a Facebook post by Progressive Leaders Of Tomorrow (PLOT), the 12-year-old black students were suspected of possessing drugs on school grounds and were subsequently questioned and strip-searched by the school nurse and an assistant principal, Michelle Raleigh. The parents were not contacted about the incident, according to the post. In response to the post, the Binghamton City School District released a statement on Jan. 24. According to the statement, no strip search occurred and the school officials acted according
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After 35 days, the longest federal government shutdown in United States history is temporarily over, but its impacts on Binghamton University’s campus remain. The shutdown, which began in December after Congress and President Donald Trump failed to come to an agreement on border security spending, shuttered multiple federal agencies, including the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Environmental Protection Agency, all of which regulate and fund research at BU. Although the agencies have reopened, they face a significant backlog of emails, grant applications and approved funding that needs to be sent out to colleges and universities across the country. According to Bahgat Sammakia, vice president of research at BU, it could take months for research funding and grants to start being processed on schedule again. “The NSF, for example, by being on hold, are not working on future grants,” Sammakia said. “They aren’t reviewing new proposals until the government is open, which means when they do, there will be a big backlog.” This poses a threat to the University, which classifies itself as a research institution and receives about half of its research funding from federal agencies.
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rebecca kiss photography editor Faculty and students ran into a number of challenges during the federal shutdown, including difficulties accessing federal databases, such as the spectra database maintained by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Faculty are required to do research to obtain tenure and continue working at the University, and students, particularly graduate students, are expected to conduct and assist with research to graduate. According to Sammakia, this puts the University in a difficult position. “We can’t start spending on research until money is released,” Sammakia said.
“Faculty and students are in an awkward situation where they were ready to do this work and aren’t able to do anything. It’s just devastating.” Although research funding is the primary issue, the shutdown also impacts the distribution of peer-reviewed articles and communication between researchers and federal agencies. In
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a Dateline statement released on Jan. 22, BU President Harvey Stenger wrote that the University was trying to absorb unreimbursed research expenses. “This has resulted in real hardship for faculty who rely on these grants, and particularly for those graduate students
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Magician Joel Meyers fascinated crowd with spellbinding tricks,
Netflix’s new Ted Bundy docuseries premiered on Jan. 24.
Contributing columnist Evan Moravansky urges students to learn about their health care,
Maine cruises past women’s basketball,
Men’s basketball snaps four-game skid,
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Two Binghamton residents arrested during drug raid
New York moves to protect abortion access
On Friday, Bethany Kasson, 26, and Anthony Thompson, 38, were arrested at their home, 116 Park Ave., after the Broome County Special Investigations Unit Task Force seized drug packing materials, fentanyl, cocaine, marijuana, psilocybin mushrooms and about $7,800 in suspected drug profits during a raid, according to WBNG.
On Tuesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed New York’s Reproductive Health Act, codifying abortion access into law on the 46th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision, according to CNN. The law, which has faced backlash from pro-life groups and activists, also removes abortion from the state’s criminal code and allows abortion to be performed after 24 weeks if the fetus is not viable or when necessary to protect the life of the mother.
Broome County sees increase in opioid-related overdoses The Addiction Center of Broome County has reported it received several requests for refills of Narcan kits this week, indicating at least eight to ten overdoses occurred, according to FOX 40. Narcan is a nasal spray used to treat narcotic overdose in emergency situations. As a result of the spike, Truth Pharm and the Broome Opioid Awareness Council hosted a Narcan training on Saturday.
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On Friday, President Donald Trump signed a bill to reopen the government for three weeks, ending the nation’s longest government shutdown to continue bipartisan negotiations concerning border security, according to The New York Times. The end of the shutdown will allow multiple federal agencies, including the Internal Revenue Service, to continue normal operations and pay the 800,000 federal workers who were forced to work for 35 days without receiving a paycheck.
The following accounts were provided by Investigator Robert Meddleton of Binghamton’s New York State University Police. Pushed two spaces TUESDAY, Jan. 22, 1:41 p.m. — An officer responded to Parking Lot M4 after receiving a report of a hit-and-run from a 21-year-old male who returned to his vehicle to find it damaged. The victim said he parked his car around 11:30 a.m. and returned to the parking lot at around 1:20 p.m. Upon returning, the victim found his car had been hit by another vehicle, and had been pushed two parking spots away from its original space. The vehicle was hit on the passenger side, and sustained significant damage. The victim is pursuing criminal charges and the investigation is ongoing. Scammed THURSDAY, Jan. 24, 12:44 p.m. — Officers responded to a call about a scam. The victims, a 38-year-old male and an 18-year female, received emails they believed were sent by a colleague of theirs. The email asked them to purchase three $100 Google Play gift cards and send the information back to the sender. The male went to Walmart to purchase the cards and the female went to Target. Once the gift cards were purchased,
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the female sent the information to the sender. After she sent the information, she realized that the email address was not her colleague’s. She reported the fraudulent transaction to her credit card company. The investigation is ongoing. Mom’s cards THURSDAY, Jan. 24, 5:13 p.m. — A 19-yearold male contacted UPD to report his wallet stolen. Officers responded to Seneca Hall in College-in-theWoods, where the victim told them he lost his wallet between 9:00 a.m. and 9:40 a.m. while he was eating in the Collegein-the-Woods dining hall. The victim’s wallet contained his New York state ID, his BU ID, a donor card, $20 in cash, a debit card, his insurance card, his mother’s business card and his mother’s Sears credit card. The investigation is ongoing. Vodka and vomit FRIDAY, Jan. 25, 12:44 a.m. — Officers responded to the Information Booth after receiving reports of an intoxicated person. Once the officers arrived, they saw an 18-year-old female with blood on her bottom lip and vomit on her clothing. Her friend told officers that she had drank at a fraternity in Downtown Binghamton and consumed 10 vodka drinks. Her friend said she fell, which resulted in the cut on her lip. She was transported to Lourdes Hospital.
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This Day in History Jan. 28, 1986 The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes seconds after liftoff, killing all seven crew members on board.
“It is always wrong for either side to use shutting down the government as a bargaining chip in budget negotiations — it should be as off-limits as chemical weapons are to warfare.” —Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) after voting to temporarily reopen the federal government on Thursday.
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to the board policy. The statement said school officials conducted medical evaluations that required the students to remove bulky clothing. “When students exhibit behavior that warrants further evaluation, the district has an obligation to ensure their health and wellbeing, which may include physical and medical evaluation,” the statement read. “The administrators who work in the middle school every
day are trained to monitor and evaluate students and recognize behavior that is out of character.” However, the parents of the four 12-year-olds maintain that their daughters were stripsearched at the middle school. According to a statement released by the parents of the four girls on Jan. 25, three of the students complied to drug tests and a strip search while one student refused to remove her clothing, which caused her to be sent to in-school suspension.
“All four girls missed several days of instruction after this experience, as they no longer feel safe at East Middle,” the statement read. “During this time, school officials failed to communicate with us in any meaningful way and often failed to return our calls. It wasn’t until the community attended the school board meeting that the administration began to express an interest in helping us transition the girls back into school.” PLOT, a grassroots organization founded in 2014,
focuses on issues of race, class, gender and state violence while aiming to empower and liberate marginalized members of society, is planning to hold a rally at East Middle School on Jan. 29 in support of the four students. The group is also demanding that East Middle School Principal Tim Simonds, Assistant Principal Michelle Raleigh and the nurse involved in the strip searches be removed from their positions, and that the school issue a public apology to the students and their families.
Vomit fee awaits approval from TAPS occt from page 1 favor of charging students a cleaning fee. “The buses shouldn’t be a safe haven just because they don’t have the same consequences that cabs have,” Perez said. “I think it’s really great that the buses wanted to be seen as equal to the cabs, and have that same expectation of being paid for damages, like a student vomiting. Since part of OCCT’s funding comes from students’ fees, it’s not fair that everyone suffers when buses
go offline because one person got sick.” Funding for OCCT mostly comes from BU’s Student Association (SA) and Graduate Student Organization (GSO), via the mandatory activity fee included in every student’s semester bill. The SA allocates a minimum of $72,000 per academic year for OCCT, while the GSO E-Board and Senate determine the amount allocated to OCCT at the beginning of each semester. Currently, OCCT is undecided on the price of the potential
vomiting fee. Although the plan to begin charging students a cleaning fee has yet to be put into effect, in the past year, OCCT has hired a new cleaning crew to work throughout the week, including late nights, to combat buses being taken offline. According to Jason Andrews, head mechanic for OCCT, other changes for the transportation company include a changing out of old buses for newer models. Andrews said OCCT retired two buses last semester
and placed an order for three new buses for next year. After 15,000 hours of driving, typically an eight-year life span for the average OCCT bus, the engines reach their limit and the buses need replacing. “We have a good turnover rate,” Jaquez said. “While we think that everything is going great, getting feedback from students is how we’ll be able to become a better company. The best way to get in contact with us is on our website or even on Twitter because we appreciate as much feedback as possible.”
shutdown from page 1 and post-docs whose salaries are funded by them,” Stenger wrote. “As of this week, the University is awaiting reimbursement from the NSF of over $300,000, with the amount growing each day the NSF is shut down.” But the University’s efforts to reimburse researchers can’t help researchers who have yet to see their research funds finalized by federal agencies. Scott Schiffres, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering, received word that his proposal is likely to be funded, but is waiting for the award to be finalized. “I’ve been fortunate to have startup funds left while the award is finalized,” Schiffres wrote in an email. “While this lack of funding is definitely frustrating, it is also troubling that many agencies fund[ing] research are not reviewing or discussing research, so it will slow the process for getting new grants as well.” Other professors haven’t seen their research impacted, but have experienced other difficulties. Omowunmi Sadik, a professor of bioanalytical and environmental chemistry, said she’s had some difficulty getting in contact with program managers at the
Environmental Protection Agency. “I can imagine that if this continues, we will feel the impact,” Sadik said. Others, such as Lynn Schmitt, a fifth-year graduate student studying inorganic chemistry, faced challenges while trying to access federal databases and resources. “During the shutdowns, often popular scientific databases such as the one run by [the National Institute of Standards and Technology] and reference data such as spectra are inaccessible and we have to turn toward other sources,” Schmitt said. “These databases are often referenced by students in laboratory reports and essays.” Federal agencies are beginning to sort through the backlog and update their websites, which were inactive during the shutdown. However, they may have a limited window of time to do so. The bills passed to reopen the government will only fund the agencies for three weeks, and if Congress and Trump fail to reach a compromise on border security funding, the federal government could shut down again. According to Sammakia, if the shutdowns continue, the impact on research could be devastating. “Some of the damage will be irreversible,” Sammakia said.
BU receives $30M in funding for Johnson City campus Money will renovate 48 Corliss Avenue Amy Donovan
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With an extra $30 million in funding from New York state, Binghamton University is on its way to completing the Health Sciences Campus in Johnson City. The funding, which will help complete the Decker School of Nursing relocation at 48 Corliss Ave., is part of the Southern Tier Upstate Revitalization Initiative (URI) that was created by Governor Andrew Cuomo in 2015. According to University President Harvey Stenger, the funding will aid in finalizing the construction of the campus, a project that the state has committed $160 million to in an effort to improve the economy of its Southern Tier region. New York state has invested $6.2 billion in the Southern Tier since 2012, according to a press release published by Empire State Development. “The $30 million will allow us to build, rehabilitate and equip buildings on our Health Sciences Campus and get us across the finish line,” Stenger said. The Southern Tier URI, co-chaired by Stenger, aims to generate economic growth within the region. According to the URI plan, one of the main initiatives is to build the Greater Binghamton innovation ecosystem by creating three innovation districts, including the Johnson City Health and Cultural District. Ryan Yarosh, senior director of media and public relations, wrote in an email that the $30 million will be used to finish renovating the floors of 48 Corliss Ave., which will feature classroom, laboratory, simulation and research space. Additionally, the 93,000-square-foot building and 20,000-square-foot addition will have a food court, lounge and library. The $30 million awarded to the University follows an initial award of $21 million the University received in URI funding to renovate the Decker School of Nursing building. Additionally, the New York state budget allocated $60 million in funding to complete the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (SOPPS), which opened in July 2018. Following the initial construction of the Health Sciences Campus, faculty and students in the geography department at BU created the Johnson City Revitalization
jacob hanna pipe dream photographer Binghamton University received $30 million from New York state to complete the Decker School of Nursing, which will be housed at 48 Corliss Ave. at the new Health Sciences Campus in Johnson City.
Project in an effort to track the demographics of Johnson City as well as other data related to the economic revitalization of the city. Through this collection of data, the project will track the impact of the campus on the Johnson City economy and the potential gentrification that could take place. In a video compilation published in September 2018, the Johnson City Revitalization
Project interviewed local residents about its thoughts about the new Health Sciences Campus. While some had positive attitudes toward the new campus, others expressed concerns including the potential rise in student renters and displacement of current residents due to a potential rise in rents and impacts of gentrification. John Frazier, the team leader for the Johnson City
Revitalization Project and a SUNY distinguished service professor of geography, wrote in an email that while the campus is still in its early stages and some have expressed concerns, local businesses have reacted positively so far. “We must remember that the Health Sciences Campus is in its infancy,” Frazier wrote. “The first class to use the Pharmacy School occurred in fall 2018. There is
much more to come. That said, what we have noticed is a new spirit of hope and expectation among small businesses on Main Street. Our observations are anecdotal but suggest growing positive attitudes by merchants and by new entrepreneurial landlords who are investing in upgraded apartments.” Yarosh wrote that the location of the Decker School of Nursing and SOPPS will help create a
collaborative environment across different disciplines and is set to open in 2020. “Locating these schools and programs on a single campus will facilitate research and education, bringing together pharmacists, scientists, nurses and social workers who will expand curricular offerings into new, allied health programs and solve challenging healthcare problems,” Yarosh said.
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TAE explores new research focuses, talks collaboration Citizenship, Rights and Cultural Belonging TAE to host reception Laura D’Angelo news intern
rose coschignano pipe dream photographer Wes Bellamy, a politician from Charlottesville, Virginia, discusses the significance of names and statues on Thursday in Old Union Hall.
Politician discusses problematic legacies Students draw connections with Watson controversy Hannah Walter pipe dream news
In 2017, a debate erupted at Binghamton University over the name of the Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering. On Thursday, Wes Bellamy, a politician from Charlottesville, Virginia who previously proposed legislation to remove monuments of Confederate leaders Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson in the city, spoke to an audience of around 40 people on the University’s campus. The talk, titled “Monumental: The Fight Lives On,” was part of the Multicultural Resource Center’s MLK Week of Welcome Celebration and centered around the significance of names and statues, a topic which connects to the University’s
discussions on the Watson School of Engineering, which was named for Thomas Watson, the founder of International Business Machines (IBM). In addition to being a scientist and entrepreneur, Watson was also connected to Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. During the event, Bellamy discussed his proposal to remove Confederate statues and the backlash he received from right-wing groups who rioted in Charlottesville at the “Unite the Right” rally in 2018. According to Bellamy, his experiences with the protests led him to begin talking about changing problematic legacies. “A lot of people, both young and old alike, all learn from some of the background about what transpired in Charlottesville,” Bellamy said. “I also think it’s important for not only myself but others as well to do a deep dive within ourselves and challenge ourselves to think [what] we are
willing to do and sacrifice for change.” Jonah Liautaud, vice president of the Black Student Union and a senior majoring in sociology, said he learned from Bellamy’s speech that not everyone has to be a leader to be part of change. “The biggest lesson I got from this is that everyone has a voice,” Liautaud said. “Not everyone is going to be a leader. Sometimes, you’ll be someone in the background. That’s something he emphasized. The people who are not in the forefront of everything can play just as big of a role as the leaders.” Bellamy said the Watson School of Engineering is an example of such a legacy, and should be removed and replaced with a name more representative of the University community. “[The name] needs to go,” Bellamy said. “You all have to speak out and demand change. You shouldn’t accept no for an answer. You have to speak
up and speak out boldly in regards to these things that do not represent the values of the community in which we are trying to create.” Aminata Jaiteh, a senior majoring in sociology, said she noticed how some students were uncomfortable with the name of the Watson School of Engineering during her time as an orientation advisor. Drawing from Bellamy’s lecture, Jaiteh said she believes it’s important to address Watson’s legacy and work to make everyone feel more welcome in their communities. “We’re saying what happened throughout history is not acceptable so we’re going to remove that symbol,” Jaiteh said. “I understand why it’s named after Watson, but why do you necessarily have to keep something that is still a representation of something that occurred in the past as a way to repress people that he honestly did not find acceptable, because he has a very racist history.”
The Citizenship, Rights and Cultural Belonging Transdisciplinary Area of Excellence (TAE) is holding a meeting this week in hopes of adding more people to its group and expanding its research focuses. The meeting will be open to faculty, graduate students and undergraduate students and will aim to broaden the TAE’s horizons. According to Alexandra Moore, co-chair of the TAE’s Steering Committee and professor of English, the meeting is meant to emphasize that the TAE is an open environment for all of Binghamton University’s students and faculty members. “We wanted to hold the open house to demonstrate that we welcome faculty and grad students across the University to the TAE,” Moore wrote in an email. “Although it has had some specific themes — such as human rights — in the last few years, the overall umbrella of the TAE is broader than that, and we are eager to see how the TAE can best support today’s research interests in citizenship, rights and cultural belonging.” Originally conceived in 2012 by University administrators, TAEs were created in order to link faculty members who share common interests in specific academic areas and themes. Currently, there are six TAEs, each designed to promote interdisciplinary research efforts. The Citizenship, Rights and Cultural Belonging TAE has members from various academic departments including history, English, anthropology and human development. John Cheng, co-chair of the TAE’s Steering Committee and an associate professor of Asian and Asian American studies, wrote in an email that the themes within the TAE are meant to draw upon existing strengths in the University to offer new directions for the TAE’s future growth. “The [academic areas] are transdisciplinary to encourage faculty across the University’s various colleges and departments, which are usually disciplinary-based, to find and collaborate on common interests and projects,” Cheng wrote. The Citizenship, Rights and Cultural Belonging TAE has offered seed grants for faculty to pursue research, one of which established the Human Rights Institute (HRI) at the University, which Moore co-directs. The TAE has primarily concentrated its research, projects and resources within the HRI since multiple faculty members in the TAE work within the field of human rights, but Moore wrote that they are making efforts to expand, and hope to gain ideas from the upcoming meeting on new areas of research that include different disciplines. “In terms of our focus, we take each of the terms in our title as a point of departure or as a place from which to ask questions,” Moore wrote. “Each of our key terms is a springboard to a range of research questions that don’t belong solely to one department. The idea is that we can do more innovative and far reaching work if we learn how to address problems or topics in interdisciplinary ways.” The reception will take place on Thursday from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities conference room, Library North Room 1106.
BU pilots three new learning management systems Contract with Blackboard expires in December 2020 Michael Levinstein pipe dream news
With Binghamton University’s contract with Blackboard expiring in December 2020, the Center for Learning and Teaching (CLT) is testing three new learning management systems to potentially replace it. The three systems being piloted are Canvas, Brightspace and Blackboard Ultra, all of which allow students and faculty to communicate, assign homework and submit assignments. According to Andrea MacArgel, director of instructional design services at CLT and chair of the Learning Management System Pilot Committee, members of the CLT started to question whether Blackboard was the most efficient tool for the University when its contract was renewed for the fall 2018 semester. MacArgel said the Blackboard format can be difficult for faculty to use, and doesn’t appeal to students, who favor contemporary design while using different types of software
and applications. “The faculty find Blackboard to be confusing and difficult and it’s very dated looking,” MacArgel said. “The other platforms are more modern looking.” The CLT has initiated similar pilot programs before, one involving the iClicker, a system designed to allow students to respond to questions prompted by professors during class. It was tested against similar classroom tools like Top Hat, but ultimately, iClicker remained. The pilot committee hopes to do something similar with the search for a new learning management system, and created a faculty and staff users group meeting once every two weeks to discuss issues with Blackboard. MacArgel said points raised during these meetings led them to consider a different learning management system. “In that users group meeting, we were like ‘Yeah, let’s test the other ones out because we’re always constantly trying to make sure that we are using the right products for campus,’” MacArgel said. “Our goal is to make sure that the students have the best learning experience, that they’re the most successful, and if using
Brightspace over Blackboard gives them more notifications and makes them more successful, we want to make sure that we are giving them the best product to ensure the best success.” Currently, MacArgel expects the request for proposal process, which involves soliciting bids from different companies to find the cheapest price, to begin in fall 2019. The cost of the pilot program for Canvas and Brightspace is $5,000 each, while Blackboard Ultra was free to pilot. “We chose to do the pilot before the RFP [request for proposal] because we wanted to have handson experience with the products,” MacArgel said. The RFP will take about six months, and after a learning management system is chosen, it will be fully implemented by fall 2020. Although the SUNY system has a negotiated rate with Blackboard, other schools have switched from the system already. SUNY Geneseo now uses Canvas while SUNY Sullivan uses Brightspace. Alessandro Segalini, an assistant professor of graphic design and typography, wrote in an email that he is using Brightspace
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and believes it provides a better experience than Blackboard. “Generally speaking, we have the opportunity to be very intentional about the details, whether it’s choosing a typeface or doing project management,” Segalini wrote. “Doing this well makes a difference. The first thing
I would compare with Blackboard is user-friendliness and crossplatform flexibility.” Anna Dlott, a sophomore double-majoring in chemistry and Spanish, said she uses Canvas for her organic chemistry class and enjoys its layout. “I like Canvas thus far because
it breaks everything down in sections such as assignments, grades, modules,” Dlott said. “The lecture notes are easily accessible and all assignments show the date and time that they are due and how many points they are worth. Overall, I like having everything laid out in front of me.”
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Why should students care about their health care? College students should educate themselves now to be better prepared for the future
oleksandr nagaiets/shutterstock Some health insurance plans do not cover nonessential or uncommon procedures and medications, such as insulin. Evan Moravansky Contributing Columnist
There are quite a few things college students can get away with ignoring, from dirty dishes to long overdue homework, but there’s one looming threat the student body should be keeping a closer eye on: their health care. That it’s one of the most boring topics to get into, I’m well aware, but it’s far too important to shrug at in our vulnerable age. As a Type 1 diabetic seeing other diabetics my age die because they can’t afford their fully necessary insulin, understanding my health care is
imperative to my survival. You might not need a steady supply of a drug like I do, but when you inevitably become ill or injured, wouldn’t you like the security of knowing you’ll be taken care of? The idea of health care is simple enough: insurance that ensures you receive the medical care you need as you go through life. However, a single Google search will reveal that medical bills are expensive and receiving medical attention is becoming less affordable, even for those with insurance. Americans bear the worst of this burden, forking over more than double the money for equal medical services in other developed countries. This disparity can often be credited to the increasing cost of medications and
procedures, higher pay for medical staff and administration costs. Despite paying this premium, Americans have less access to medical care than their peers, with only 2.6 doctors in practice for every 1,000 people. But you’ve got insurance, so no worries, right? Well, health care, as with any good idea, is much more complicated in practice. There are limits and conditions to health care in the United States, and knowing them is essential to paying off exorbitant medical costs. One such condition is that doctors working in a hospital that participates in Medicare are obligated by law to treat you during an emergency, despite your financial standing or insurance plan, though someone still has to
foot the bill. Health care, which would pay for this treatment, often comes through your job and covers basic procedures, albeit with a partial payment on your end called a copay. Nonessential or uncommon procedures and medications may not be covered by such plans, and if they are, expect the copay to be higher. A prime example would be the materials I use for testing my glucose levels; something unarguably essential for maintaining diabetic health was declared nonessential by my insurance company and required a petition from my doctor to reverse. Regardless of what they cover, insurance companies charge annual deductibles that must be paid before the plan goes into effect. Most importantly, though
health care plans can cover one’s children, there is a cutoff. At the age of 26, you can be forced out of your parents’ insurance, where you would then have to find your own or apply for Medicaid, a government program meant to supplement health-related bills for low-income individuals. The finer details are where the complexities settle in, but how many college students could recount this slim summary of health insurance? Before sitting down to write this article, I didn’t know half the stuff in the last paragraph, and yet my day-today life was wholly dependent upon it. Even if you came to Binghamton University without any form of health care, you surely have it now, because the school
mandates health insurance for all its students to protect the student body as a whole. It’s not free either, and I think most people would like to know what they’re paying for, complicated or not. The heart of health care is to make medical attention affordable, but it’s not a perfect system. Don’t let that dissuade you from health insurance altogether. Use the time left on your current plan to educate yourself before you lose that safety net in the coming future. The most powerful thing you can do is understand how your health care works so that when it’s time to take up the mantle, you’re more than ready. — Evan Moravansky is a junior majoring in English.
Embracing America’s tension between unity and diversity The country was founded with these values at its core Aaron Bondar Columnist
A few months ago, I was speaking with a friend of mine from England. She wanted to eventually come here to the United States to live and work. When I asked her why that was, she replied, “British politics are so messed up.” Both of us being Jewish, I can imagine that her antipathy toward Britain’s politics had as much to do with the fierce debates over Brexit as it did Jeremy Corbyn’s ominous rise. But still, I was surprised;
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could even be made stronger by its intellectual and theological diversity. Such diversity breeds tension — it is inherent in the concept. But in the tension, in the fight and argumentation between rival ideas, is contained the tool by which the United States continually renews itself. Though many Americans are nominally committed to diversity of all kinds, we, like most human beings, desire some kind of unity, whether that unity is national, cultural or ethnic. This tension between the competing desires for unity and diversity is present in all aspects of human life — our choice to conform to our communities, or be “true to ourselves”; in our desire to
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conserve our religious and ethnic bonds; and our concurrent need to be accepted by larger society. This tension is real — too much unity, and you have conformity, blandness and, in the worst cases, totalitarianism and ideologically driven repression. Too much division and you get conflict, deadlock and, in severe cases, violence and war. This tension underlies our fiercest debates. And these fierce debates themselves are indicative of a divided culture and political life. We need unity in our national life to deal with problems, compromise on issues and move the country forward. But too much unity and conformity makes us blind to alternatives
and suspicious of new — and better — ideas. More and more, I’ve come to believe that the United States is exceptional for its embracing — not its forgetting — of the tension between unity and diversity. It is America’s pluralism that gives us the forward momentum we need to continually reinvent ourselves. At the same time, that pluralism is productive insofar as it supports our essential, unifying principles. Think of our unity as a foundation that our diversity and pluralism continually renews, repairs and refreshes. The United States of America is not the only country in the world with political strife, but it is the only country with
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an institutionalized structure of diversity and pluralism. In this way, our diversity is managed by a commitment to unity and stability — thus we avoid the blandness and danger of conformity while containing the most visceral and violent consequences of diversity and division. Sometimes it takes looking at our country from the outside in to appreciate its flaws and idiosyncrasies. I’ve come to appreciate our country for what it is — a loud, boisterous, noisy, colorful democracy, its divisions a feature of our system, not a bug. — Aaron Bondar is a senior double-majoring in political science and economics.
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Performer brings comedy and magic to Late Nite Joel Meyers was featured on ‘America’s Got Talent’ Lakhsmi Chatterjee arts & culture intern
“To kick things off tonight, I’m going to do something stupid. Is that cool?” Joel Meyers asked the crowed to start off his show. By the cheers from the crowd, something stupid was exactly what the students needed. On Jan. 24, Late Nite presented a comedy show by magician Joel Meyers in the University Union as their first event of 2019. The show was attended by about 200 students and was an option for those who wanted entertainment on a Thursday night without leaving campus in the cold weather. Meyers, who also performed as part of Late Nite in 2015, has been featured on shows such as “America’s Got Talent,” “Fake Off,” “Masters of Illusion” and “Penn & Teller: Fool Us.” The show started off with some mediocre tricks, such as crushing a plastic bag with a bottle in it and finding a card an audience member picked from a crowd. As the show went on, the tricks escalated and got more dangerous. At one point, he had two audience members strap him into a straitjacket that he struggled his way out of in under two minutes, which he did as an homage to the famous escape artist Harry Houdini.
His next trick, which he described as “the most dangerous trick you would ever see on a stage,” involved a game of Russian roulette, where he smashed his hand into a series of randomly placed paper bags, one of which had a 6-inch spike in it that, if smashed, would go straight through his hand. Madeleine MacLean, a freshman majoring in political science, said she was stressed watching that trick because before he performed it, Meyers played a video compilation of people performing it, all ending with the spike going through their hands. “Most of the clips in the video were from live television, which means that magicians doing the tricks were experienced enough to get on TV and yet they still messed up and ended up with a metal spike through their hands,” MacLean said. “It felt like such high stakes because if it could go wrong for them, it could go wrong for him too.” Luckily, for his and the audience’s sake, Meyers managed to avoid the bag with the spike while being blindfolded and having an audience member, who didn’t know which bag had the spike in it, wave his hand over the bag she wanted him to smash. During one of his final tricks, Meyers staged a seance. Jannatul Naima, a freshman majoring in biology, volunteered for it and was told to think about someone she was close to. Then, Meyers told her to pick a card out of a pile that had
the names of dead celebrities, who he was going to contact to find out who she was thinking about. Naima chose to think about her brother, whose initials were S.S. and the dead celebrity on her card was George Washington. Then, she and Meyers placed their hands on a table that slowly rose and flew over the letter S laid out on stage, lowering itself twice to indicate that letter was both initials. “I know the tricks in magic shows are fake, so I had my doubts that this would work,” Naima said. “But when the table started flying, I started to believe that this was real and I screamed. Then it went over the letter S, which surprised me because there’s no way he could have known that those were my brother’s initials.” Katie Isgro, a freshman majoring in human development, was the second volunteer for this trick. Isgro was told to stand offstage with two blank chalkboards and a piece of chalk between them. Meyers said that the spirit of the dead celebrity would write its name in it. At the end of the seance, George Washington’s name was written. “I was very determined to see if I could make him mess up the trick, so I held the boards really tight,” Isgro said. “I rubbed some chalk markings off of them, which I thought would help, but it didn’t. I was speechless when I saw the writing. I still don’t understand how he did it. He was very good at entertaining the crowd. We were never bored.”
rose coschignano pipe dream photographer Comedy magician Joel Meyers performed for students at Late Nite on Thursday, Jan. 24.
Bundy docuseries chills The Netflix special was released on Jan. 24 Sarah Buerker
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As trends always come and go with the start of each new year, podcast popularity is on the rise. According to Podcastinsights.com, 44 percent of the U.S population has listened to a podcast and about 22 percent of all podcasts are listened to in the car. With that being said, Pipe Dream crafted a list of podcasts to mix up your next daily commute to school or provide some new entertainment for you during your next gym session. “Not Another True Crime Podcast” by Betches Media This true crime podcast came out in early October of 2018 and is hosted by Sara Levine, editor-in-chief of Betches, and Hannah Perkins, former Betches writer. They deliver the facts of each case in a breezy manner while discussing their theories and the different conspiracies associated with them. They cover stories like the infamous JonBenét Ramsey case, different cults that rose over the course of the ’70s and million-dollar scams such as the Fyre Festival and how each eventually perished. So far the podcast has only one season, but is made up of 12 episodes and five bonus episodes, each about 45 minutes long. If the podcast makes you want to go further down the true crime rabbit hole, Netflix streams documentaries mentioned on the podcast as well. “Stuff You Should Know” by iHeartRadio and HowStuffWorks This podcast originally aired in
2008 and is hosted by two men, Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant. Since their start, they have made over 1,000 episodes and have won numerous awards while consistently being ranked in the top 10 on the iTunes podcast app. Recently, iHeartRadio bought Stuff Media, which includes HowStuffWorks podcasts. Each “Stuff You Should Know” episode is about 20 to 60 minutes, and not only is it a podcast, but it’s a video series as well. The guys speak about anything, such as how Munchausen syndrome works, what different epidemics are and their history and different clues in murder cases. They allow their listeners to send questions in to their email about different topics and read them on their podcast. If you’re looking to learn more without doing the research yourself, this podcast is for you. “Diet Starts Tomorrow” by Betches Media On this podcast, Samantha Fishbein, Jordana Abraham and Aleen Kuperman, co-founders of Betches, talk about the ins and outs of diets, fitness, mental health and social media woes. They bring real perspectives to the conversation and use guest speakers such as Lisa Sasson, a clinical associate professor of Nutrition and Food Studies at New York University, who speak on the topic of what really is a “healthy lifestyle,” who give advice on how to make working out enjoyable and much more. The hosts discuss their personal experiences with the content matter while talking about not just physical aspects of wellness, but about the psychological and emotional aspects as well. The episodes are about an hour long each and are perfect to get you through
that cardio session at the gym. “Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard” by Armchair Umbrella “Armchair Expert” is hosted by Dax Shepard where he brings numerous guests from all walks of life to his session to talk with them about the “growth and betterment of life.” Different guests include Josh Hutcherson, Jay Leno, Scott Harrison and Jonathan Haidt. He airs a new episode every Monday which can be found on the podcast app, Spotify or his website, https:// armchairexpertpod.com/. At about two hours long, the episodes he hosts are longer than average, so it’s definitely more of a podcast for a long drive. “Comedy Bang! Bang!” by Scott Aukerman This podcast originally began in 2009 as an airing radio show and since then it has produced over 570 episodes. Each episode is about an hour to two hours in length. The show is hosted by writer and comedian Scott Aukerman and is recorded in the Earwolf studios in Los Angeles, also founded by Aukerman. The podcast focuses on conversations between different celebrities and comedians in today’s world. The host and his guest compete in various games, improvisational sets and numerous cameos from other special guests. There even was a TV show of the same name that had a run of five seasons and was a spin-off of the infamous podcast. If you’re looking for podcasts that are less about selfhelp or true crime and more about entertainment, look no further than “Comedy Bang! Bang!”
Over the last year, Netflix has released original docuseries on topics ranging from sex workers to football to cults. Released on the 30th anniversary of Ted Bundy’s execution, Netflix’s newest addition to their growing repertoire of docuseries, “Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes,” tells the story of one of America’s most notorious serial killers. The four-part docuseries edits together a collection of interviews, photos, archival footage, newspaper clippings and tape recordings that comprise the Ted Bundy case. During the 1970s, Washington native Ted Bundy brutally slew, kidnapped, raped and assaulted at least 30 young women across Washington, Utah, California, Idaho, Oregon and Florida. Despite his heinous crimes, Bundy was able to maintain the facade of a normal life. Bundy was enrolled in law school where he had the reputation for being a charming, intelligent and handsome man to his girlfriend, family, classmates and community. He used this reputation and earnest, unassuming presence to lure in the women he brutalized over the course of a decade. Bundy was able to evade state and federal law enforcement for a decade as they slowly pieced together the connections between the women he had slain across the
country. The series points out many of the factors Bundy used to his advantage at the time that allowed him to continue his spree for so long, most notably the lack of interstate communication between police precincts. The series’ collection of archival footage, recordings, photos and, most centrally, Bundy’s confession tapes, paints a clear picture of a deliberate, deranged man. It is eerie, to say the least, to hear snippets of Bundy describing the mindset of someone who had committed the crimes he had been accused of to a journalist’s tape recorder. Bundy recorded hours of these tapes in exchange for one of the journalists to reinvestigate his case. The journalists subsequently wrote two books on Bundy, including the one the docuseries is based on. Perhaps the most interesting interview in the series is with a woman whom Bundy had attempted to kidnap and murder. During her testimonial, she described how charming Bundy was when he approached her, claiming to be a police officer. Once it dawned on her that he was impersonating an officer and he attacked her, she described struggling and looking up at his hauntingly emotionless eyes. She became a key witness in his criminal trial. Though a historical docuseries, the events that are presented in “Conversations” seem surreal. Ted Bundy’s crime spree created the American archetype that’s been depicted and referenced in pop culture. The narrative goes back and forth between what Bundy was doing and law enforcement
in each state, slowly piecing together Ted Bundy’s exploits. While the docuseries’ archival format brings together the Ted Bundy story, Bundy’s control over the narrative seems to have stood the test of time. Rather than taking on the story from a new angle, the docuseries simply resurrects the same narrative that the media flocked to for headlines, the one Bundy deliberately used to his advantage from the first time he was taken into custody. This particular aspect of the documentary vividly reflects the media’s continued draw to antiheroes who both entertain and horrify the American public. One important consideration to make before watching “Conversations” is to keep in mind that the series’ director, Joe Berlinger, is the same director for the upcoming movie starring Zac Efron about Ted Bundy, “Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile.” While the docuseries does deliver an engaging, factual series, its strategic release does read as a preemptive move to create buzz about Ted Bundy out in front of the big-screen movie. For many of our parents, the docuseries retells a story they followed alongside the rest of the country on the news for nearly two decades. For this generation of Netflix-binging millennials, however, Ted Bundy is a household name that’s been passed down through infamy. “Conversations” paints the picture of the cultural, sociological and pathological emergence of the archetype for a serial killer for both generations.
provided by heaven of horror The docuseries “Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes” aired on Netflix on Jan. 24.
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Aquarius: You will learn your love language like a baby, letting noise misshape itself around your tongue. The letter x in sexy won’t find its way around your molars. You will google how to spell “honey.” You will write “honey” on a piece of loose leaf paper and place it in a frame. You will wrap it and give it to your significant other as a Christmas present. They will hate it. Pisces: Trust me: Nothing in this horoscope is accurate. If I say you will get hit by a car, what I mean is you will win the lottery. If I say you will become a spider, what I mean is you will ace your test. If I say this isn’t true, what I mean is I have spent my life looking at the night sky to find honesty. If I say you, I mean myself. If I say I, I mean you.
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Men’s basketball rallies past Black Bears at home Stewart notches 1,000th career point in victory Yaakov Spivack
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In an electrifying and tightly contested showing this Saturday in the Events Center, the Binghamton men’s basketball team hosted the Maine Black Bears. The Bearcats (6-15, 2-4 America East) triumphed over their opponent, defeating the Black Bears (3-18, 1-5 AE) 7866. This matchup featured a tremendous showing from senior forward Caleb Stewart, who scored 26 points, sinking five 3-pointers while shooting 83.3 percent from deep. Stewart also grabbed 11 rebounds, achieving his second consecutive doubledouble, as well as surpassing his previous career-high in points that he registered in the team’s previous game. To cap off the afternoon, Stewart scored his 1,000th career point during the last few seconds of the game. “It’s awesome,” Stewart said. “I didn’t get it in high school, and obviously it’s great. But I can’t do it without my teammates.” The first half began with BU taking an early lead, which it held onto for the majority of the half. At its largest, the gap was 12 points. While Maine won the jump ball, Stewart scored the first points with an early 3-pointer. While Stewart’s showing was the highlight of the half, the Bearcats demonstrated solid ball movement and profited from assists coming from their guards. Graduate student guard J.C. Show found his teammates inside and beyond the arc,
rose coschignano pipe dream photographer Senior forward Caleb Stewart put up his second consecutive double-double with 26 points and 11 rebounds in a win over Maine.
allowing Binghamton to benefit from his court vision. Freshman guard Sam Sessoms also played this role, finding his teammates for some key baskets. As the half drew to a close, the Black Bears rallied on both ends of the court, going on an 11-5 run in the last five minutes of play. During this stretch, a crucial 3-point basket from junior guard Sergio El Darwich was followed up by redshirt junior guard Isaiah White
converting a layup against some tight defense from graduate student forward Chancellor Barnard, whose foul on the play led to a 3-point play opportunity. After missing his free throw, both teams traded missed shots from beyond the arc. With 23 seconds remaining, the Bearcats called timeout that preceded the ball being passed around from player to player, until Show fired a three with just two seconds on the clock against tight defense.
The shot missed, and the half ended. The Black Bears began the second half continuing the strong play they demonstrated at the first period’s close, going on an 8-0 run to grab the lead, which they were able to extend to seven points before the Bearcats retaliated. “We didn’t want to feel like we were in must-win territory,” said BU head coach Tommy Dempsey. “But these guys are
Wrestling downs Harvard, Brown Bearcats move to 3-1 in conference play Marianne Bohn
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The Binghamton wrestling team extended its winning streak this weekend, traveling to both Cambridge, Massachusetts and Providence, Rhode Island on the same day to compete and dominate over competitive Harvard and Brown University wrestlers. With the performances this past Saturday, the Bearcats move to 4-3 overall and 3-1 in Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association competitions, with four Bearcat wrestlers going a perfect 2-0 on the day. Stepping up to the plate, the Bearcats brought intensity and energy to the mat and showed how much they have worked past earlyseason losses to pull off the victories this weekend. One hundred and thirtythree-pound redshirt freshman
Zack Trampe and 174-pound redshirt senior Vincent DePrez each won their fourth match in a row against Brown University. Trampe took a decision over sophomore Hunter Kosco while DePrez received a successful major decision against freshman Cade Wilson. DePrez also recorded his first fall of the season against freshman Leo Tarantino of Harvard University at 2:54 of the match. Keeping the winning culture alive, 133-pound junior Anthony Sparacio and 184-pound redshirt freshman Lou DePrez each won their sixth consecutive match against Brown. Sparacio received a technical fall against freshman Colin Realbuto and Lou DePrez won a major decision against senior CJ LaFragola. Sparacio was able to outscore his opponents with a score of 33-9 on Saturday, including a major decision over Harvard freshman Tucker Ribman that marked his first bonus point win of the season. In addition, with his own
major decision over LaFragola, Lou DePrez added his ninth bonus point win for the Bearcats, four of them coming from his last five matches. “Our counter-attacking has become much better,” said BU head coach Kyle Borshoff. “We are stopping opponents from getting to our legs and attacking and it’s able to drive our offense. The biggest thing we can continue to work on is trying to chase bonus point wins because these wins in dual meets and conference championships will separate us from other teams.” Moving into the 165-pound bracket, redshirt freshman Aidan Monteverdi was able to get a three-match win streak with his victory over senior Tyler Tarsi of Harvard. Although he suffered a loss against senior Jon Viruet of Brown, ruining this streak, he fought a competitive sudden victory match and showed his skills against the No. 18 nationally ranked wrestler. Finally, in the 197-pound bracket, redshirt
sophomore Alex Melikian earned his first technical fall of the season against sophomore Cole Bateman of Harvard, finishing the day 1-1. Overall, Bearcat wrestlers were able to record technical falls and major decisions this Saturday along with competitive decision victories. “The most exciting thing this season is how hard the team is fighting,” Borshoff said. “Whether it was matches won or lost, the Bearcats were out there fighting and competing hard, not giving up any easy points and implementing things we were talking about regarding previous matches. The fight is huge as we move forward for more dual matches. If we can bring effort and attitude like these four dual meets, we will continue to have this success.” The Bearcats’ next dual meet comes this Friday, Feb. 1 at Sacred Heart University. The meet is slated to begin at 7 p.m. from the Pitt Center in Fairfield, Connecticut.
ariel kachuro assistant photography editor Redshirt senior Vincent DePrez extended his winning streak to four, earning a fall against Harvard and a major decision against Brown.
vets, they’re smart guys, they know we needed to get one today. And after Maine comes out and establishes the lead in the second half, I thought we got to a point in the huddle where our backs were against the wall. I thought we had a great lift from our bench … it was the energy of that bench that was really key today.” Not looking to put the hard work of that first half to waste, BU went on a 20-8 run that lasted
for over six minutes and featured points from five players. Show hit two 3-pointers throughout this dominant stretch and was helped by senior guards Timmy Rose and Everson Davis, who each scored 3-pointers of their own. The team then added 10 free throws in the final few minutes, sealing its victory. “We knew that they were foul-prone with their big guys,” Show said. “I think it’s just kinda how the game played out, we knew we had to be physical with them, rebounding the basketball, we tried to fight them as best we could, but I think it’s just a result of how the game played out.” All of the coaches on both teams were wearing sneakers with their suits to promote Coaches vs. Cancer, a fundraising initiative sponsored by the American Cancer Society. “I’ve been really involved in Coaches vs. Cancer over the years,” Dempsey said. “When I was the head coach at Rider … I was always very involved in the … foundation all my years at Rider and got close to a lot of the people at the … foundation and have stayed connected to the coaches versus cancer over the years in my time at Binghamton.” BU shot 54.3 percent from the field for the day, and 48 percent from beyond the arc. The team also led in defensive rebounds, with 27 to Maine’s 20. The Bearcats are scheduled to take on the University of Hartford this Wednesday, Jan. 30. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. from the Chase Family Arena at the Reich Family Pavilion in West Hartford, Connecticut.
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The Binghamton men’s and women’s track and field teams competed in a pair of tournaments this past weekend. The team sent athletes to participate in the Penn State National Open and the Kane Invitational at Cornell. Three first-place finishes in Ithaca led a successful outing for the Bearcats. Junior Janelle Williams was successful in two events for Binghamton at the Kane Invitational. Williams won both the women’s 60 meter (8.02) and the women’s 200 meter (26.05) events. Freshman Madison Krochina finished third in the weight throw (4710 ¾), and junior Jessica Wiede followed her, finishing in eighth (45-0 ½). Sophomore Mallory Prelewicz placed third in the pole vault (11-5 ¾). On the men’s side, junior Jack Fitzgerald placed first in the high jump (6-8 ¼). Senior Thomas Cooper finished third in the 200 meter (22.70) and sophomore Adam VanValkenburgh placed fourth in the 800 meter (2:00.62). Senior Nick Green finished fourth in the shot put (48-
5 ½) and sophomore Jason Mezhibovsky placed fourth in the pole vault (14-3 ¼). A few hours south in State College, Pennsylvania, other members of the team participated in the National Open. Junior Shamar Powell was the Bearcats’ top finisher, coming in second in the men’s 1,000 (2:28.72). Redshirt junior Daryn Hutchings finished fourth in the men’s 3000 meter (8:33.06), followed by junior Mitch Halpern who finished fifth in the same event (8:35.12). Junior Emily Mackay was the top women’s finisher for Binghamton, placing fourth in the mile (4:58.88). Freshman Dominique Jackson finished sixth in the 200 meter (25.15) and graduate student Brooke Bonney placed sixth in the weight throw (62-5 ¾). Junior Elly Scherer finished eighth in the 60 hurdles (8.84). Her 8.67 time clocked during trials tied the school record set in 2016. Next up for the teams is another competition at Penn State. The Sykes and Sabock Challenge will take place on Saturday, Feb. 2 at 10 a.m. in State College, Pennsylvania.
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Swimming and diving edge out St. Bonaventure Bearcats cap off historic regular seasons with wins Clare Mahoney
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sidney slon pipe dream photographer Senior forward Rebecca Carmody scored 10 points and collected 11 rebounds in a losing effort against Maine.
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After downing UMass Lowell this past Wednesday, the Binghamton women’s basketball team found itself on the other side of a blowout on Sunday, falling to the Maine Black Bears, 95-66. Despite some individually strong performances, the Bearcats (8-12, 3-4 America East) could not find a way to stop Maine’s overpowering offense led by its star player, junior guard Blanca Millan. The Black Bears (13-7, 6-1 AE) came out strong early, surging to a 14-4 lead part way through the first quarter. Enduring the early push, Binghamton was able to bring the game to within four points. Every time it seemed like Maine would run away with the game in the first half, the Bearcats managed to claw their way back into contention. Maine’s largest lead in the half was 13 points, but BU trimmed the deficit to nine points heading into
the break. The second half was another story. Maine quickly found a way to widen the advantage and keep it, not surrendering any room to BU for a comeback. Millan led much of the third quarter charge, tacking on 10 points in that period alone. The leading scorer in the AE, she finished the game with 29 points on 11of-19 shooting and six boards. “They have a great team, and Millan is a pro player,” said BU head coach Bethann Shapiro Ord. “She’s special and there’s a reason she can score the way she scores and she just lit us up.” Maine outscored Binghamton 35-18 in the third and never let up, winning 95-66. Maine is now the third team to score over 90 points against the Bearcats this season. “That’s a really good question,” Shapiro Ord said after being asked what went wrong in the third quarter. “They just did a really good job and they were getting down the floor, and we weren’t going as hard as we should’ve been going.” Throughout the game, Maine proved dominant in rebounds, assists and offensive efficiency,
but there were still some good signs coming from the Bearcats. Senior forward Rebecca Carmody posted her second consecutive double-double for Binghamton, tallying 10 points along with 11 rebounds after totaling 13 points with 10 rebounds against UMass Lowell. Before entering the game on Sunday, Carmody was already leading the team in most major categories. She is averaging 13.1 points and eight rebounds per game this year and leads the AE in rebounding. The game also marked the second game in a row which Binghamton posted more assists than turnovers. Another high point for the Bearcats was junior guard Kai Moon’s team-leading 15-point performance. Moon’s significant output since returning from her injury is an encouraging sign for Binghamton, but the team needs to improve to be able to put up a fight against its next opponent, the rising Hartford Hawks, who are in first place in the AE and coming off of a blowout win over Albany, 82-35. The Bearcats take on the Hawks at 7 p.m. this Wednesday, Jan. 30 at the Events Center in Vestal, New York.
An enthusiastic crowd cheered as the Binghamton men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams picked up dramatic home victories over St. Bonaventure on Saturday afternoon. They were treated to a nail-biter, with the women (7-1) pulling through 159145 and the men (4-1) triumphing 155-145. As the Bearcats close out one of their most successful campaigns in school history, it was senior day for BU, and the friends and families of five women and six men were in attendance to cheer on the team. The decorated class of seniors honored included Brooke Pettis, Alex Brion, Colin Coughlan, Zach Kaplan and Matt DeVito. In the meet’s final moments, the Bonnies were leading the Bearcats, 134-130 on the women’s side and 133-131 on the men’s, with just the 200 individual medley and 400 free relay left to swim. Undaunted by the pressure, Pettis and junior Ross Bernstein stepped up and won the 200 IM races with times of 2:14.25 and 1:56.55, respectively. “We have a lot of experienced veterans who have been in this position before,” said BU head coach Brad Smith. “They really pulled through for us today.” Binghamton’s 400 relay teams sealed the win. Sophomore Kaitlyn Smolar, juniors Sydney Atendido and Olivia Santos and freshman Belen Marriaga took first place (3:36.12). The men followed suit with Brion, sophomore Patrick Wilson and juniors Thomas Mackey and Tyler Meyers sweeping the final event (3:09.61). “It was an amazing ending for us on both teams, and I can’t say enough about how we finished the meet,” Smith said. “Give Kudos to St. Bonaventure — they are a good program that really brought it today and gave us all we could handle. It was the most dramatic finish to a meet on both sides in my 13 years as a coach.” A few individual performances
stood out in the hard-fought team battle. In addition to winning the 200 IM, Pettis placed first in the 100 fly (57.59), second in the 200 fly (2:09.64) and captured the 200 medley relay alongside juniors Kristina Keefe, Sydney Atendido and Olivia Santos. Smolar won the 1,000 free (10:37.83) and the 500 free (5:11.89), leaving the runnerup trailing by about 6 seconds in both. Santos placed first in the 100 free (53.77), and sophomore Erica Bachiller swept the 100 back (58.92). The Bonnies also boasted a two-time victor, freshman Rachel Kimmel, who took the 100 and 200 breaststroke, (1:04.80) and (2:23.58) respectively. On the men’s side, Brion dominated the 50 and 100 free, (21.04) and (47.33), and anchored the winning 200 medley team featuring Kaplan, DeVito and Wilson. Across the pool, St. Bonaventure sophomore Maciej Danilewski was a standout: his victories in the 1000-freestyle (9:58.51), 200-backstroke (1:52.45) and 500-freestyle (4:50.13) kept the meet tight. BU’s divers ultimately helped the teams edge out the Bonnies. Freshman Chris Egan won the one-meter diving event (288.68), and Coughlan swept the three-meter diving
competition (305.55). Freshman Amanda McGraw placed second in the women’s one-meter diving competition (255.90). Overall, Saturday’s victory concluded a season of achievements and shattered records for BU. Smolar broke a 2012 program record in the 1,000 free during the squad’s meet against Canisius (10:22.96). In an October meet against Colgate, Bernstein broke the 2006 record set by 2007 NCAA qualifier David Holmes, ‘07, in the 200 fly, completing the event in 1:50.59. Holmes’ 12-year-old pool record was 1:52.05. Brion broke the pool record for the 50 free at the same meet, shaving 0.09 seconds off the 2004 benchmark. “We are in a good spot right now,” Smith said. “Our teams are starting to peak at the right time, and a meet like today really helps us get ready for the conference meet. I told them all to enjoy the victory this weekend, but to be back ready to go on Monday.” With their regular season now complete, the Bearcats head into the America East Championships with an 11-2 combined record. The multi-day event will take place Feb. 14 to 17 at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts.
sidney slon pipe dream photographer Senior Brooke Pettis won the 100 fly and 200 individual medley on Senior Day during her final regular season appearance as a Bearcat.
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