Spring 2020 Issue 10

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‘I was alone with my thoughts and with God’ Cyntoia Brown gives keynote speech at BSU event on Friday Nicole Kaufman & Sarah Vener pipe dream news

At the age of 16, Cyntoia Brown was sentenced to life in prison for shooting a man who threatened her life. On Friday evening, six months after receiving clemency and 15 years since the original sentence, Brown spoke to more than 100 students at Binghamton University.

BU’s Black Student Union (BSU) hosted Brown as this year’s keynote speaker, concluding the events held to celebrate Black History Month on campus. Brown’s story received mass media attention when she was still in prison, with many sources pointing to her experience as an example of injustice within the U.S. criminal justice system. Celebrities such as Kim Kardashian West, Drake, Amy Schumer, Rihanna and LeBron James drew attention to the case by expressing their support for Brown over social media. On Aug. 7, 2019, Brown was officially given her freedom after serving 15 years of her life sentence.

Gina Arcidiacono, a senior doublemajoring in human development and English, said she was interested in hearing Brown’s own take on the systemic injustices that led to her arrest.

“I heard a lot about [Brown]’s story on the news and I wanted to hear her own perspective,” Arcidiacono said. “I wanted to gain more insight on her experience in the criminal justice system and her take on how we can improve it.”

When Brown took the stage, she be-

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Cyntoia Brown visited campus on Friday to speak about her experiences in prison and as a survivor of sex trafficking.

SA elections see Plans to move third- BU unveils uncontested ballots floor books change new social Despite efforts, lack of candidates may impede turnout Jackson Galati news intern

didates than usual, with none of the six positions being contested.

SA elections are set to take place on March 17, when students can vote for e-board members through B-Engaged.

But this year, they won’t have many options. Every position is uncontested, ex-

The 2020 Student Association (SA) E-Board elections attracted fewer can-

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Collections to be moved to Science Library, not off campus Kimberly Gonzalez & Michael Golann pipe dream news

to begin in July 2021, raising concerns about the relocation of the books the floor currently holds.

The third-floor renovations will include adding lighting and study spaces, which will be funded by New York state.

In plans for the four- to five-year proj-

Renovations to the third floor of the Glenn G. Bartle Library are expected

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Men’s basketball splits pair of home games

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The Binghamton men’s basketball squad secured their third conference win against UMass Lowell, led by freshman forward George Tinsley and sophomore guard Sam Sessoms. Despite the River Hawks (11-16, 5-7 America East) closing the gap, they didn’t complete the comeback, and the Bearcats won with a final score of 86-84. However, the Bearcats (9-18, 3-11 AE) couldn’t pull off a win against third-place Hartford after going down to the wire on Saturday, losing 75-74.

Despite scoring 39 points to move into third all-time in scoring for the Bearcats, Sessoms was primarily focused on leading his team to victory against the River Hawks.

“I knew [I] had a good game, but I don’t really keep track of points and all that,” Sessoms said. “My main goal was to come in, because we need to win every game like [Binghamton head coach Tommy Dempsey] said. We can’t do that without winning the first game, so my goal was to do whatever I needed to do to compel my team to get the [win]. I don’t care about the points as long as we win.”

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ARTS & CULTURE

GreenMachine to reward users who show school spirit

At Binghamton University, it now pays to have school pride, as BU recently launched a social media program that gives prizes to those who share the University’s media posts.

The new initiative, called GreenMachine, is supported by SocialToaster, a company that helps organizations, like universities, create marketing outreach and curate an active online community.

The program is open to students, faculty and alumni who sign up by connecting their social media accounts on the SocialToaster website. The initiative is part of BU’s plan to increase engagement with their official social media accounts.

Through the website, users can log on with their social media accounts like Facebook or Instagram and share posts from various BU social media accounts with their friends and followers. Other features include a section where users can write a message showing their support for BU and post it on Twitter or Facebook. To incentivize users, each time the ambassadors complete an activity, like sharing a picture from the BU Twitter, they will be awarded points.

These points accumulate and users are ranked on a monthly leaderboard. For

Sessoms tallies 39 points in 86-84 win over UMass Lowell

zachary canaperi photo intern Sophomore guard Sam Sessoms moved into third all-time in scoring in program history after netting 39 points in BU’s conference win over UMass Lowell.

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OPINIONS

SPORTS

Beatbox Bing, a previously disbanded student club, reforms,

King Krule brings a new sound with third album,

Contributing columnist Sam Pomichter calls for government action against pseudoscience,

Women’s basketball picks up weekend win against Hartford,

Track and field teams win six titles at America East Indoor Championships,

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Science III sees small structural fire On Friday, a fire broke out at the Science III building, according to Ryan Yarosh, BU’s senior director of media and public relations. Yarosh wrote in an email that the small fire was attributed to a malfunctioning device within the building. Yarosh also wrote there were no injuries and the scene was secured quickly.

LOCAL NEWS

Former Binghamton Police Department (BPD) officer’s discrimination lawsuit dismissed Last summer, former BPD officer Christopher Hamlett filed a lawsuit against the department, arguing that he was denied a promotion based on his race, according to FOX 40.

After months of internal investigation, the New York State

Division of Human Rights determined there was “no probable cause” for the discrimination claims. The case was dismissed on Feb. 21.

STATE NEWS

More than a dozen Jewish Community Centers (JCCs) face bomb threats.

Numerous bomb threats were made anonymously against multiple JCCs across New York state on Sunday, according to the Democrat and Chronicle.

The first threat was received through an email on Sunday morning. Emails were sent individually to members of 18 JCCs throughout the state, and more than 100 people were ordered to leave the Sidney Albert Albany JCC in Albany on Sunday as the state and local police combed the building.

Although police did not discover any bombs, the building remained closed as a precaution. The threats are still being investigated.

a sophomore majoring in English “I’m going to Florida to visit my best friend who I met in Madrid and we’re going to take psychedelics.”

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Uncontested ballots come after application extension elections from page 1 cept for the Binghamton University Council representative, which is not an SA position, although elections for SA positions and the Council representative take place at the same time.

The lack of candidates marks a change from last year, which saw two positions contested, with three people running for SA president and four running for vice president of programming. Ross Mesnick, chair of the SA Elections and Judiciary Committee and a sophomore majoring in business administration, said he there are several contributing factors to a lack of interest in running for SA positions.

“In terms of having uncontested elections, there are probably a few reasons for this,” Mesnick wrote in an email. “One that stands out to me is the heavy time commitment that comes with each position. [E-Board] members consistently put in over 20 hours every week and this can be a lot for many undergraduates.”

The lack of candidates contrasts the efforts the SA made to increase its candidate outreach.

This year, Mesnick said the SA added advertisements in Pipe Dream and on Off Campus College Transport (OCCT) buses, handed out fliers to resident assistants throughout campus and hung a banner in the staircase of the University Union leading down to the Marketplace. The letter of intent period was also doubled to two weeks instead of one.

“There was a huge change in outreach for candidates,” Mesnick wrote. “Typically, the Elections [and Judiciary] Committee has made the election public through [SA Line Newsletters], some postings on campus and social media posts on the SA social media accounts. This year, we felt it was necessary to increase our outreach efforts to ensure that

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as many people on campus were made aware of the election.”

Despite these efforts, the deadline to submit letters of intent for vice president for multicultural affairs (VPMA) and BU Council representative had to be extended because of the lack of valid applications. According to Mesnick, the letters of intent originally submitted to those positions did not meet the signature threshold to secure a spot on the ballot; however, interested students were given the option to get more signatures and then resubmit.

The deadline extension allowed one VPMA candidate, who had not previously submitted, to get on the ballot, as well as two BU Council representative candidates who were initially denied and resubmitted. Even with the extra time, the SA Elections and Judiciary Committee did not have the ballot finalized until after the extended deadline.

“One of the BU Council candidates was added to the ballot after the deadline as a result of the Elections [and Judiciary] Committee having to finalize the certi-

fication process,” Mesnick wrote.

“The Elections [and Judiciary] Committee determined that the signatures submitted, along with the other materials, were valid and the candidate was placed on the ballot.”

The decline of interest in SA positions mirrors a decline in the student body’s interest in voting. The number of students who voted in SA elections has declined every year since spring 2017, when elections for the 2017-18 academic year were held. During that year, 3,063 students voted,

but only 2,062 students voted last year — about 12.5 percent of the undergraduate student body.

With every SA position on the ballot uncontested this year, that voter turnout trend is expected to continue on March 17. For students like Brandon Breece, a junior majoring in economics, the lack of candidates makes this year’s election seem pointless.

“I probably wouldn’t vote since it wouldn’t make a difference anyway,” Breece said.

However, Saya Patel, a sophomore majoring in human devel-

opment, said she still sees the value in voting.

“I think [the] SA has a really big part of literally everything that goes on on campus,” Patel said. “And I think it’s important to pick someone who knows what they’re doing, who is passionate about it.”

Students will have the opportunity to hear the candidates’ platforms and ask questions this week at SA Sweeps, which will take place from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Feb. 26 in the Mandela Room and Old Union Hall.

New media initiative aims to foster alumni connections initiative from page 1 each monthly contest, users have a chance to redeem prizes such as gift cards and BU apparel and accessories.

According to Ryan Yarosh, BU’s senior director of media and public relations, some winners are chosen randomly, while others are determined through points. Yarosh wrote in an email that the program has already reached 200 members since its launch in late January and will enhance communication and

connections between the University and its online community.

“This program is working to make it easier than ever for our campus community to engage with and share great stories from [BU],” Yarosh wrote. ”Whether it’s the schedule for Homecoming or sharing a fun blog with our students, each communication that goes to our GreenMachine members is carefully crafted to resonate with all of our audiences and provide them with continued positive

experiences.”

At the top of the leaderboard for February is Christina Ritter, ’99, who also chairs the Washington, D.C. chapter of the BU Alumni Association, a global network of BU alumni. Ritter wrote in an email that she was first exposed to the program at a meeting about raising alumni engagement.

“I went to a [Council for Advancement and Support of Education] conference in November pertaining to alumni engage-

ment, and one of the things they talked about was social media presence and engagement,” Ritter wrote. ”After the conference, I was talking with Kim Faber, executive director of alumni engagement, and she told me that [BU] invested in SocialToaster, to be branded GreenMachine, and would launch in January. I was looking forward to seeing how it would work and get involved.”

So far, Ritter wrote that her experience with the website has

been positive. She wrote that she loves the competitive aspects of the program, especially the leaderboard.

“I have been enjoying sharing [BU] content on social media,” Ritter wrote. “It helps me pay more attention to what is happening on campus, with the alumni association and with athletics. Also, I love the competitive element. When I log in I like to see that I’m at the top of the leaderboard and try to post daily so I can stay there.”

In the future, Ritter wrote that it would be nice for the University to promote the winners and feature them with their prizes. However, as a whole, Ritter wrote that she can already see the positive impact it has.

“I already know it’s working — my alumni friends and connections are liking my posts and sharing them on their social networks,” Ritter wrote. ”It’s helping them connect to [BU]. It’s exciting to spread #BingPride!”

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Cyntoia Brown was this year’s keynote speaker, concluding events held on campus in recognition of Black History Month.

Cyntoia Brown speaks on her sex-trafficking experience keynote from page 1 gan recounting her story from childhood. Brown said that growing up, she always felt like an outcast.

“Everywhere I looked, I saw how I stuck out,” Brown said. ”I was different from my family, from my friends, from all of my church members. Everywhere I looked, I just saw life through that lens.”

Brown said her feelings of loneliness led her to act out. At 12 years old, she was expelled from school and placed in an alternative school. At age 13, after multiple suspensions at the new school, she ran away from home. It was on the streets that Brown met a group of women who taught her to use her body as a “commodity.”

Soon after, Brown was arrested for shooting the man responsible for sex trafficking her.

Once convicted of murder, Brown was sentenced to life in adult prison at the age of 16.

Since she was still a minor, she spent two years in solitary confinement awaiting the day she turned 18.

“I was alone with my thoughts and with God,” Brown said. “I remember feeling like I had been tossed into the bottom of the well. I had no idea how I was going to get out of this situation.

I was frantically trying to figure out how to avoid spending the rest of my life in prison.”

After exhausting all of her appeal options, Brown was granted clemency by former Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam.

“When I first laid in that dark jail cell and prayed to God to leave prison, I could have never imagined it unfolding the way that it did,” Brown said. “I never would’ve imagined that God

could move a billionaire, conservative, Republican governor from Tennessee to show someone like me compassion.”

During her time in prison, Brown said she restored her faith in God. Today, as a free woman, she said she hopes to continue sharing her story of redemption.

Khaleel James, Student Association vice president for multicultural affairs and a junior double-majoring in economics

and human development, said he felt it was important for BSU to bring in Brown to tell her story, especially during Black History Month.

“For me, it was knowing how powerful [Brown]’s case was and hearing how much she struggled,” James said. “I wanted to ensure that I could help BSU in every way possible to ensure they could bring such an inspiring keynote.”

Original relocation plans scrapped following concerns relocation from page 1 ect, University staff originally planned to relocate the third-floor books to an off-campus management facility. Students and faculty would have been able to request the material for 24-hour delivery.

According to Curtis Kendrick, dean of libraries, many students and faculty expressed concern over the relocation, so another option was explored.

“Based on feedback from faculty, students and staff, we have decided to relocate the third-floor collection to the basement of the Science Library,” Kendrick wrote in an email. “This is in recognition of the importance of the collection particularly to faculty and students in the humanities and social sciences. It is fully supported by the Libraries and University administration.”

The third floor currently holds the Belle Margolis Holocaust Collection, which consists of books and documents related to the Holocaust. It also holds print periodicals and books from subject matters including English literature, philosophy, languages and political science.

The move is scheduled to begin in spring 2021 and the location of the books will be continuously updated through online library services as they move. Individuals will be able to check out the books at the Bartle Library Reader Services Desk. As for the layout, Kendrick said the library staff is still trying to determine what will be best for the basement of the Science Library.

“We are still working out things like the shelving layout, collection arrangement and how best to manage the existing ground floor collection,” Kendrick wrote.

Jill Dixon, associate university librarian for public services and collections, works closely with the Student Library Advisory Committee (SLAC) in receiving student feedback on the renovations.

michael golann contributing photographer Because of expected renovations to the third floor of the Glenn G. Bartle Library, the third-floor book collection is set to be relocated to the basement of the Science Library.

SLAC aims to include student voices into the renovation conversation. According to Dixon, a smaller portion of the third-floor books will also be relocated to the fourth floor of Bartle Library.

“The plan also includes distributing the overall impact of the material relocation across all disciplines in Bartle Library

by relocating a smaller portion of the fourth-floor collection to the Collection Management Facility in order to move a portion of the third-floor collection to the fourth floor,” Dixon wrote in a news release on the Libraries’ website.

Dylan Favata, a junior majoring in English, said he is not im-

pacted by the move.

“I think it’s good that they’re listening to students, but also I don’t think it was that big of a deal,” Favata said.

But others, like Keila Barzideh, a sophomore majoring in human development, said the books being moved to the offcampus facility would be frus-

trating.

“If the books get moved to an off-campus facility, that means a student like me would have to wait 24 hours or more to pick up that book,” Barzideh said. “Keeping the books on campus would benefit students more.”

According to Kendrick, students should not worry about

books being accessible while the move occurs.

“While actively in transit, we expect that the volumes from the third floor of Bartle [Library] will be fully accessible and browsable, as they are now,” Kendrick wrote. “We will continue to communicate with the campus as the project progresses.”

OPINIONS Monday, February 24, 2020

To fight climate change, we must rethink our relationship with nature The idea of ‘being one with nature’ can contribute to its destruction Kaitlyn Liu Contributing Columnist

In the past year, wildfires across the globe have covered the front pages of our newspapers. With devastating losses in the Amazon rainforest, Australia, California and other areas, newspapers have continuously broken news of these fires while making an immediate connection to the climate crisis, sparking further political debate as to whether these fires are truly a result of climate change. After the first wave of reporting, major factors in the origin of the fires included farmers burning land at the encouragement of President Jair Bolsonaro in the Amazon, arson in Australia and several cases of misused technology in California. While none of these appear outwardly natural, the continual proposition that the wildfires and climate change are mutually exclusive perpetuates a dangerous tendency of separating anthropocentrism from the state of our climate.

The fact that these wildfires are started by humans doesn’t mean that the fires are in no way affected by global climate change.

Fires are fueled by record-high seasonal winds, drying of forest vegetation and increasing temperatures. Several news articles highlight the benefits of controlled burning and undermine the seriousness of environmental refugees by pointing to a similar, unavoidable climate disaster of the future. These articles simply serve to belittle the true gravity of our changing environment.

The political controversy of climate change stems from a misunderstanding of the term “nature,” which is popularly regarded as all that is not manmade. There are often phrases in support of man “becoming one with nature” as opposed to respecting its boundaries. For this, we can thank a historical appraisal of philosophers such as Henry Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson. While these interpretations are seemingly innocuous, they remain largely ignorant of a relationship with nature that has been anything but peaceful.

In order to better understand and combat climate change, we must first reconsider the definition of nature. When we regard nature as the entities that humanity does not encroach upon, we promote the idea that humans have not consistently made devastating and life-altering changes to their surroundings for capitalist gain. Looking at nature as

an equally respectable body in comparison to humanity opens up a reconsideration of agency, which is not solely obtainable by humans. Agency can primarily be defined as a potential for influential action, but its connotation involves a human-specific cognitive process. However, nature is fully capable of acting and reacting as humans do. This inclusive perspective of agency also better allows us to connect causal human activity to these milestone events within our climate.

Although combating the climate crisis depends heavily on protective and preventive measures, it is also important to take caution before acting in conservationist efforts. Activists frequently appear eager to protect areas of land they view as subject to exploitation, but conservation efforts can also harm those living around these areas. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are notorious for preserving large estates without regard to those who may heavily rely on access to such areas for sustenance or protection. These organizations run independently from any government influence and are notfor-profit, so it should not come as a surprise that NGOs are often run at the hands of donors — including those who have little experience with the disparity among the rich and poor during

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the climate crisis. Rob Nixon, Currie C. and Thomas A. Baron family professor in the humanities and the environment at Princeton University, calls these magnified effects of climate change and ecological racism “environmentalism of the poor.”

Many of the organizations are motivated by the Enlightenment ideas of nature as innately violent and in need of governance or protection, which is observed in the heavy reliance on Thomas Hobbes and John Locke’s violent

definition of a “state of nature” in political settings.

By highlighting the dangers of certain conservation efforts, I am not suggesting we refrain from acting on local climate crises or condemning all protections set thus far. There are certainly several regulations in place that do much to protect areas that would be otherwise vulnerable to manipulation.

However, I am advocating for a shift in attention from communal impacts to corporate ones.

The communities that are most affected by climate change often contribute the least to it, and it is essential to place criticism correctly in a time where very few key players are willing to accept fault. Starting the new election year, I am hopeful for fewer misleading headlines and larger voter turnout because with our climate’s current condition, there is quite literally no time for denial.

Kaitlyn Liu is a sophomore majoring in English.

Being a Shabbat-observant Jew breaks the mold of a typical Generation Zer Devoting a day to rest on weekends is rewarding in unexpected ways Ariel Wajnrajch Contributing Columnist

Arguably, the most commonly said statement about young adults today is that we need everything — now. We crave immediacy. We text in shorthand to get the message out as fast as possible, we default to the calculator on our iPhone instead of doing the simple arithmetic just because it’s quicker and we don’t know what it’s like to send a letter and wait for the response.

According to College Factual, 68.6 percent of Binghamton University students are between the ages of 18 and 21. If we in-

clude students under 18, almost seven in every 10 students at BU are Generation Z, or born between 1997 and 2012, as defined

by Pew Research Center.

On Friday afternoons during this time of year, from about 5:30 p.m. until about 6:30 p.m. the following day, a portion of the large Jewish population at BU — roughly 26 percent of undergraduate students, according to Hillel International — shut off their phones for the Sabbath.

Many of us refer to the Sabbath as Shabbat, from the Hebrew verb meaning “to stop” or “to rest.” This unique 25-hour period forces me to tell friends on a Friday night “I’ll show you that picture after Shabbat,” or “Look that up tomorrow night and get back to me,” and it changes

things. It stops me from engaging in the mentality that previous generations assume I and other members of my cohort subscribe to. I no longer think that anything can come to me immediately, because one day per week, I take a break from the immediacy that my iPhone offers me.

I want to be clear: It’s more than just turning off my phone.

It’s refraining from watching TV or using my laptop. It’s not writing. For some, it’s waking up early with a special alarm that turns itself off, so as not to force the owner to turn it off manually — since that is not permitted — so they can attend prayer services. For many, it’s not touching the lights, not tying knots, not cutting anything besides one’s

food or not using a microwave.

It’s a period of abstinence from much of what makes life so fastpaced for so many of us during the hectic Monday-to-Friday, and it’s abstinence from things that distract us as well.

Although I am discussing an unintended favorable outcome, it is important to note the original purpose of the day.

Originally, Shabbat was designated as a day to refrain from work. We don’t want to be distracted from that day of rest, so we don’t want to work too hard either. Sounds nice, right? I do not believe that the rabbis, the Jewish teachers and authority figures who have been certified to teach and exercise authority knew what effect their decisions would have on an 18-year-old in

2020. Many of these laws existed far before the problem of teens having their noses glued to their cell phones existed, yet the laws temporarily solve that problem, for those who choose to follow them.

Yes, this does in fact mean that I won’t go to the Rat on Friday nights, and maybe you think I’m missing out. I find that there is greater satisfaction in getting that break, isolating myself from electronic interactions.

It may seem sort of weird, maybe even archaic, that on a weekly basis we choose to do this. But imagine everyone coming to your room for board games after a nice homestyle meal and not having one person be distracted by their phone.

No one was distracted by their phones at dinner either. Not one person has to go write their paper, because everyone saves that for after Shabbat. Not one person has anywhere to be but where they are. It’s exactly what the “boomers” think we don’t have the capacity to do. It’s exactly what we need, because day after day throughout the week, we have no shortage of noses in phones around campus, we have a million papers to write and above all, a plethora of places to be at once.

I’m tired of hearing the stereotypical boomer argument about not being able to spend a minute away from my phone. I do it 25 hours a week.

Ariel Wajnrajch is a freshman majoring in psychology.

The U.S. government plays a powerful role in the spread of pseudoscience The government’s inaction against misinformation only worsens the problem Sam Pomichter Contributing Columnist

The American public’s mistrust in the principles of science has seen a large resurgence in recent years. The belief in pseudoscientific assumptions, those not tested in concordance with scientific theory, has been prevalent for nearly a century and half in America. Earlier pseudosciences such as phrenology, “the detailed study of the shape and size of the cranium as a supposed indicator of character and mental abilities,’’ were latent with racist and exclusionary rhetoric, and a lot of pseudoscience in 2020 still carries a racist dynamic.

With the inception of the internet came the ability for people of different niche groups to perpetuate different illegitimately “scientific” causes, such as flat Earth communities, anti-vaxx-

ers, climate change deniers and scientific racists. The ability for different organizations to fraternize and form alliances entrenches misinformation deeper into our society.

Mistrust of the scientific method has steadily risen since 1974, according to a study conducted by sociologist Gordon Gauchat — and within that same study, education rates appeared to have improved substantially.

If education rates in America have risen, then why has the commonality of mistrusting science also grown? This influx in suspicion can be attributed to a rising internet culture and increasing pseudoscientific presence in politics.

Social media companies such as Twitter and Facebook are culpable for the vast stretches of pseudoscience across the internet — specifically, the racist pseudoscience that has found a presence on social media. Many of the enclaves of “believers” online enlist new members with psychologically catered media.

The unfortunate thing is that prior to the current state of social media, most of us considered it to be a self-regulating entity.

While Facebook and Twitter have recently implemented measures of fact-checking, these regulations have failed to dismiss clear acts of scientific mistrust. Racists and crackpot scientists utilize highly specific types of rhetoric and euphemisms on social media which may bypass these filters. A prime example of this is how fringe groups’ anti-Semitic rhetoric may not directly attack Jews but intentionally point fingers at successful Jewish people, with people of color being subject to a similar calculated rhetoric online.

Recently, more legitimate sources of information have also been utilized by racists in attempts to cherry-pick or skew data. Nature, a scientific journal, has presented many articles warning researchers about pseudoscientists exploiting their data, particularly population geneticists and anthropologists.

The interwoven nature of pseudoscience and racism on the internet results from the negligence of major corporations and the government in failing to intervene in the strategies used by conspiracy scientists and scientific racists online.

Actions of certain politicians have also displayed the general mistrust of science. In 2012, former U.S. Representative Paul Broun of Georgia, a practicing physician, stated that evolution and the Big Bang theory were “lies straight from the pit of hell,” while former U.S. Representative Todd Akin of Missouri also stated, “If it is legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try and shut that whole thing down,” so you get the picture of who we’re dealing with here. Currently half of all Republicans and over a third of all Democrats believe that the Earth is only 10,000 years old, which indicates that scientific skepticism is clearly not a partisan political ideology.

Conservatives, however, tend to disproportionately deny global

warming as a human-caused phenomena. While most conservative lawmakers may believe in the scientific principles aligned with the theory of global warming, they fail to implement any laws advocating for environmental friendliness because of their alignment with GOP rhetoric.

Party politics enable the spread of pseudoscience throughout society, even when those preaching pseudoscience fail to believe it.

The spread of flawed information, from political campaigns and false scientists, has garnered attention in the past few years, and it seems likely there’s a connection between these attempts at suppressing the truth. The accessibility of the internet and the current negligence of social media companies has created an opportunity for the subsequent general mistrust of science to proliferate in ways it couldn’t before. Because of the dismissal of science in our government, I believe people have begun mistrusting scientific reasoning by associating it with our current

and past administrations.

In the past three years, President Donald Trump has proposed cuts to approximately 31 percent of the Environmental Protection Agency’s budget and 12 percent of the National Science Foundation’s budget. Although the federal government has tried to decimate much of the funding dedicated toward scientific research, they still have feasible options at derailing the prevalence of pseudoscience in society. By increasing grant money toward research programs in universities in predominantly conservative regions and ceasing political rhetoric that makes science-backed conclusions seem false, the current administration could begin to combat the rise of pseudoscience in an already mistrusting public. The U.S. government has the power to influence the public perception of scientific principles — and it needs to use it wisely.

Sam Pomichter is a senior majoring in integrative neuroscience.

After five years, Beatbox Bing returns to campus Club supports members’ travels to competitions Patrick Earns

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Anyone who has spent enough time falling down internet rabbit holes has inevitably stumbled upon at least one video of a beatboxer in the middle of an exceptional performance. While the sounds these performers make with just their mouths may seem impossible to understand, student club Beatbox Bing is built off of the idea that anyone can learn to beatbox with enough time and dedication.

The club, which previously disbanded several years ago, officially reformed in spring 2019. Ron Gunczler, an organizer of Beatbox Bing and a senior double-majoring in computer

science and philosophy, said there is plenty of reason for optimism about the club’s longterm success, highlighting how campus a cappella groups have supported the club’s rebirth.

“We petitioned the a cappella community to let us perform during [the] Dollar Show, since we have a lot of members in it,” Gunczler said. “We built a lot more interest. I believe that we have worked with people from all the a cappella groups so far.”

The Dollar Show, a once-asemester event that gives every campus a cappella group a chance to perform and recruit new members, is an important opportunity for the performers of Beatbox Bing to show off their talents. This semester, Gunczler said the club is tried to achieve multiple aims with its time slot, which featured a combination of 30-second solos and group

performances.

“We generally get a fiveminute set, and it’s meant to do three things,” Gunczler said. “There’s what all of the a cappella groups are there for, which is ‘This is what we’ve accomplished, this is what we can do.’ There’s ‘This is what you can do if you can practice,’ and then there’s ‘No matter what your skill level is, you can contribute, and you can make something really cool.’”

While the art of beatboxing can be difficult to pick up without instruction, Beatbox Bing hopes to provide a productive space for students to practice sounds and hone their skills. The club is split between sound workshops, in which more experienced members help novice beatboxers learn and develop their sounds, and jam sessions, which offer members a chance to get hands-

Beatbox Bing hopes to offer a space for members to learn new sounds and rhythms.

on experience with performing live. While most of the club’s members had some sort of experience with beatboxing before joining, the club is committed to ensuring it is open and welcome to any skill level.

“There’s people who have heard us perform, we practice constantly, we walk down the street and beatbox, people say ‘Hey, that sounds really cool,’” Gunczler said. “We say, ‘Hey, show up,’ and some of them do. We now have two board members who previously had zero experience, because they’re just that interested and committed to growing.”

Because of beatboxing’s tremendous success in spreading through the internet, the beatbox community is international, with voice clips and performances going far beyond their home countries.

Gunczler said the club is in contact with beatboxers throughout Europe and Asia, a common situation for such a global phenomenon. Members of Beatbox Bing have traveled throughout the world for competitions, and the group helps coordinate travel and housing for its members.

“We do house people when we can, just anything to reduce the cost and make things more accessible,” Gunczler said. “And [we] also notify people that [events] are happening, or if anything changes.”

While the club does everything in its power to help those interested in making it to competitions, there are still difficulties. Events are often held in the middle of the fall semester, and transportation can involve returning in the middle of the night on Sunday,

just in time to get a few hours of sleep before Monday’s classes.

Still, Gunczler said it is crucial to ensure everyone has the opportunity to attend.

“It’s not for everybody,” Gunczler said. “But should people show interest, we make sure people can go.”

This same ethos of equal opportunity underlies one of the most basic tenets of Beatbox Bing — the idea that anyone can do what they do. To anyone who might be interested in getting started, Gunczler has a simple message: Show up.

“Once you make that first contact and take that first step, we have so many resources — we have an unbelievable number of resources,” Gunczler said.

“We have everything you need to be fantastic; you just need to go for it, and have interest and care.

That’s it.”

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Grimes releases ‘Miss Anthropocene’ after five-year wait Artist’s latest album tackles climate change Lakhsmi Chatterjee arts & culture

residentadvisor.net “Miss Anthropocene” is Grimes’ first album in five years.

The world was introduced to “Miss Anthropocene” this Friday

when Grimes released her first album in five years. The album has been anticipated for years, with the singer consistently teasing it and promoting it through recent media attention regarding her relationship with Elon Musk.

In 2017, Grimes announced on Twitter that new music was coming “soon” to follow up her 2015 album, “Art Angels.”

Then, in 2018, she wrote in an Instagram post, “welp no music any time soon after all.” In 2019, she announced the name of the album would be “Miss Anthropocene” and released a few songs, including “Violence” featuring DJ i_o, but still didn’t give any confirmation on when the new album was due for release.

In the midst of all of this, Grimes grew a larger following

and gained media attention when she entered into a relationship with Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla. They met through Twitter after they both made a joke about a thought experiment called Roko’s Basilisk. They made their debut as a couple at the 2018 Met Gala.

There has been speculation that the couple has broken up a few times when they unfollowed and re-followed each other on Twitter and Instagram, but neither have made official statements on those incidents.

Throughout the years, Grimes and Musk have supported each other in their projects, with Musk in the audience at Grimes’ performance at The Game Awards 2019. Musk also used a hologram that looked like Grimes when unveiling Tesla’s new Cybertruck, though he did not confirm that the hologram was her.

In January, rumors began to spread that Grimes was pregnant after she posted a nude photo of herself on Instagram with a fetus photoshopped onto her belly. While there was no caption on the photo, Grimes replied to a comment and said she was “knocked up.” It wasn’t until Feb. 20, hours before “Miss Anthropocene” was released, that Grimes confirmed her pregnancy, saying she was seven months pregnant in an Instagram post.

Musk is still not confirmed to be the father.

With everything going on in her life, no one knew what to expect when “Miss Anthropocene” finally dropped. The name is a pun on the words “misanthrope,” meaning a general hatred and distrust for human kind, and “Anthropocene,” a geological time period meant to denote the period

since humans made an impact on Earth. While it stayed true to her techno-pop style with a lot of electronic beats, the album has a darker and more gothic tone than her previous works.

In an Instagram post, Grimes wrote that the album was supposed to be “a concept album about the anthropomorphic Goddess of climate Change: A psychedelic, space-dwelling demon/beauty-Queen who relishes the end of the world.

She’s composed of Ivory and Oil.” The opening song, “So Heavy I Fell Through the Earth,” starts off with heavy synth beats and dramatic music, sounding like a mourning for the planet. The mood quickly changes with the next song, “Darkseid,” which has faster bass beats and features Mandarin rap by Taiwanese artist Aristophanes. Then, “Delete

Forever” presents an unexpected acoustic ballad, giving a calming sense to the end of the world. The album ends with “IDORU,” a song with multiple overlapping beat tracks and complex rhythms that take elements from every track on her album.

“Miss Anthropocene” turned out to be an ambitious concept album, using a dark tone to cover topics from climate change to how humans interact with the planet. “Art Angels” has a more upbeat, synth-pop sound than her latest release. This new direction shows that Grimes can diversify her style drastically from art pop to ethereal wave, and with all of the different elements being played, she still tied them all together. With the new elements in her life, the album shows Grimes proving her talent and individuality to the world.

‘Man Alive!’ celebrates new life while mourning losses Archy Marshall releases third album as King Krule Sean Carr

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Archy Marshall, who records under the name King Krule, has spent the better part of his career translating brokenhearted laments into the language of guitar-centric indie rock. After a brief stint as Zoo Kid, Marshall released his first album under the King Krule moniker, “6 Feet Beneath the Moon,” in 2013 at the age of 19. The album offers an array of sounds, but the selling point comes in the form of Marshall himself.

His deep, bellowing voice snarls, yelps and serenades through each song. Although rather basic in composition, the album stands out because of Marshall’s voice and impeccable songwriting.

Four years later, Marshall returned under the King Krule

moniker with “The OOZ,” the album equivalent of Dante’s “Divine Comedy.” Soaked in field recordings and reverb, each song descends into Marshall’s psyche until it reaches rock bottom. Each song melds together to form a cohesive universe for the listeners to lose themselves in. Unlike his dominating presence on the debut, Marshall hides within the mix of each song. He sounds immersed within this personal hell, unable to leave his own creation.

“Man Alive!” King Krule’s third album released on Friday, acts as an escape for Marshall from the heavy themes of “The OOZ” and a shift into rejoicing in a better tomorrow. When listening to “Man Alive!” this production detail may never seem apparent to the listener. Despite its attempts at livening up the traditional King Krule experience, the end product of “Man Alive!” arrives emotionally despondent yet happy, often at the same time.

“Man Alive!” aims to celebrate the arrival of new life, while also mourning those who have been lost. Marshall, at the time of release, welcomed his first child and lost several friends. This juxtaposition of life and death defines the tone of the album, which at first glance appears basic for a King Krule project. The album does not unify into a cohesive work like “The OOZ.” Instead, each song focuses on the microscopic level. It fails to amount to anything on a larger plane, but it does pack in a few highlights. The opener, “Cellular,” drops you right where “The OOZ” left off, with a mournful guitar line and some field recordings fusing together. It then gains a pulse with a paranoid Marshall singing about the overwhelming feeling of constantly being connected.

“Stoned Again” packs Marshall’s rage-fueled wasted youth and drug abuse into a three-minute lament filled with shrill guitar lines, a few rap verses and a shriek that could

be mistaken for a wolf’s howl. Its despondent exterior hides what may be the most heartfelt lyrics on the album.

The album concludes with the song “Please Complete Thee,” which harkens back to the King Krule of yesterday. The song plays like a straightforward ballad as “Out Getting Ribs” or “Czech One” do, yet it builds upon both narratively. Lyrics like “This place doesn’t move me” and “Everything just constantly letting me down” mark an evolution for Marshall.

He bookends the song with the request “Please complete me.” It may be a large request, given the potent sadness that radiates from Marshall’s music, but it speaks volumes to hear him realize that he cannot deal with this burden anymore. This was a powerful ending for a middling album.

Overall, “Man Alive!” serves as a thank-you to the fans who have stuck with Marshall through his weird artistic metamorphosis.

“Man Alive!” juxtaposes life and death.

It might not win over any new fans, and people turned away by “The OOZ” will find little reason to return. However, it sets the stage for a new era for King Krule.

Marshall, now in a relationship and with a newborn daughter, has settled into a new role as father and partner. “Man Alive!”

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sees Marshall turning a page on the potent sadness and turmoil that defined “The OOZ.” Despite being rough around the edges, this record is the sound of a man learning how to live again. It was never easy being king, but “Man Alive!” makes way for a new era of royalty.

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Women’s lacrosse falls to Mount St. Mary’s in overtime BU edged by defending NEC runners-up Samantha Marsh

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With just under 12 minutes left in the Binghamton women’s lacrosse team’s game against Mount St. Mary’s, freshman midfielder Jamie Golderman was fouled by the Mountaineers’ senior defender Marie Dickson, giving Golderman a free position opportunity. Golderman snuck the ball into the net, scoring her second goal of the season and putting the Bearcats up 8-6.

The lead, however, wouldn’t last, as Mount St. Mary’s senior attack Kate Kinsella and junior attack Jordan Butler tied up the game at eight apiece, sending it into sudden death overtime.

Junior midfielder Alyssa Sanchez won the draw control for the Bearcats at the start of overtime, but a Binghamton turnover sealed the game, as Mount St. Mary’s sophomore attack Erin Anderson scored the gamewinning goal with just five seconds left on the shot clock, and BU lost 9-8.

Offensively, the teams were evenly matched: Binghamton (0-3) had 19 shots on goal and nine draw controls, while Mount St. Mary’s (3-0) had 20 shots on goal and 10 draw controls. Defensively, however, BU outplayed the Mountaineers. The Bearcats had 21 ground balls and 13 caused turnovers compared to Mount St. Mary’s 10 ground balls and five caused turnovers.

“For us, it was about everybody doing their part and playing cohesively [with] lots of communication,” said Binghamton head coach Stephanie Allen. “They could trust in their teammates and make decisions without hesitation, so I’m really just proud of that unit and what they were able to do out there collectively.”

Leading the team defensively were junior defender Brianna Distler, who had three ground balls and three caused turnovers, and Sanchez, who had four ground balls and two caused turnovers.

Sanchez was also a huge contributor for the Bearcats offen-

Freshman midfielder Jamie Golderman scored her second goal of the season from a free position to put the Bearcats up 8-6 on the Mountaineers.

sively, as she led the team with two goals. Junior attack Paige Volkmann scored her fifth goal of the season in the first half; she leads the team in that category thus far in the season. Other goal scorers included senior attack Olivia Batista, sophomore attack Emily Masera, senior defender Alissa Franze, Golderman and freshman midfielder Isabella Meli.

For Mount St. Mary’s, Butler,

Kinsella and junior attack Alayna Pagnotta led the team with two goals each, and the team had three goals with five seconds or less on the shot clock.

The two freshman scorers for Binghamton, Golderman and Meli, each have two goals this season. Allen said she is proud of the way the two have been playing. “[Golderman and Meli] have been put in a situation where

they’ve got to step up and kind of rise to the occasion,” Allen said. “They weren’t expected to fill as big a role as they’ve had to, but we’ve had some players that have been lost in the midfield unit-wise, so they’ve had to fill some big shoes. What I love about them most is their composure and their competitiveness. With this being their first couple of Division I games, they aren’t afraid to be out there.”

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Early in the second half, starting junior midfielder Kelly Quinn had to leave the game due to injury. She had one ground ball, one caused turnover and one draw control before leaving the field.

“I think we just tried to rally around the fact that everybody had to step up,” Allen said. “We weren’t going to get as many breaks, so you had to take your rest going back to the draw and

in the moments where you have the ball and can dictate tempo.

It was tough losing her midway through, but I thought our girls really rallied and wanted to compete for that absence.”

Despite the loss, the Bearcats are ready to take on Lafayette College on Wednesday, Feb. 26. First draw control is set for 6 p.m. at Metzgar Fields Athletic Complex in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Wrestling concludes regular season with loss to Buffalo Five Bearcats win, but bonus points benefit Bulls Kiernan Fischer pipe dream sports

In its last match before the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) Championships, the Binghamton wrestling team lost its final dual meet of the season Friday night

20-15 to SUNY opponent Buffalo. Five Bearcats picked up wins throughout the match in a narrow defeat for the Bearcats (3-12).

Earlier in the week, the collegiate wrestling world was shocked by news that affects the Bearcats and redshirt sophomore Lou DePrez’s pursuit of a national championship. Arizona State’s redshirt senior Zahid Valencia, ranked No. 1 in DePrez’s

184-pound weight class, was suspended indefinitely. The school refused to release additional information due to Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act regulations, but a source told The Arizona Republic that Valencia tested positive for recreational banned substances.

Valencia is the two-time defending national champion at the 174-pound class, moving up a weight this season. He is un-

defeated in 2019-20, and defeated DePrez in a major decision earlier this season at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Collegiate Wrestling Invitational. If he does not wrestle at the Pac-12 Wrestling Championships on March 7, he will be ineligible to compete at the NCAA Championships, opening up the door for DePrez and others to compete in a wide open race.

Against the Bulls (9-11),

ariel kachuro photo editor Freshman Tomasso Frezza earned his first collegiate dual meet victory as Binghamton’s wrestling team lost to Buffalo this past weekend.

DePrez earned a 12-6 decision in his final competition before the conference championships. He finishes the regular season with a 22-5 record and has defeated several of his top-10 opponents throughout the season.

The meet started out with freshman Tomasso Frezza earning his first career dual meet victory in the 125-pound weight class.

Immediately following was the premier matchup of the evening at 133, as two ranked opponents squared off, with Buffalo’s No. 20 redshirt junior Derek Spann defeating Binghamton’s No. 8 redshirt sophomore Zack Trampe. Spann built an 8-3 lead after two periods, and it was too much for Trampe to overcome, with Spann holding off a comeback to win 9-8.

“I think that match was great for [Trampe],” said Binghamton head coach Kyle Borshoff. “It was an important match for him to wrestle because that is a guy that we are going to have to beat at the NCAA Championships. It is a match [Trampe] can learn from and very valuable given the limited amount of matches he has been able to wrestle this season.”

Senior Anthony Sparacio got an early takedown on Buffalo redshirt freshman Marcus Robinson at 141 en route to a 3-2 victory, but Buffalo responded at 149, as sophomore Michael Zarif was defeated 5-2 by senior John Arceri. Binghamton forfeited the 157-pound weight class, and the Bulls took a 12-6 lead in the match.

Buffalo grew its lead in the 165-pound weight class as senior Troy Keller secured a tech fall over redshirt junior Dylan Wood in a 16-1 blowout. Mov-

ing into the later rounds, the Bearcats picked up two wins from redshirt sophomore Aidan Monteverdi and DePrez, but split the final two bouts and lost the match 20-15.

“We wrestled sloppy,” Borshoff said. “I think we lost matches because we were overaggressive, but overall I think the team competed well tonight, and if we get a little better each day for the next two weeks we will be in good shape … We talk about it all the time. If we lose matches 14-11 or 10-9 I am okay with that because we are being aggressive and doing things that we can fix as opposed to wrestling tentative or scared.

When we do not wrestle hard, it is difficult to make corrections because there is nothing we as a coaching staff can take away from that match other than we need to wrestle harder.”

It’s been a challenging dual season for Binghamton, but those results don’t matter heading into the postseason. DePrez and Trampe are expected to lead the group of Bearcats fighting for NCAA tournament bids, AllAmerican titles and national championships, starting at the conference championship meet in two weeks.

“It was frustrating at the beginning of the year when we were not having enough effort,” Borshoff said. “But now as we prepare for the conference championship, we can go back and watch these matches and see things that can change the outcome of future matches.”

The EIWA Championships will be hosted this year by Lehigh University. The event will take place on March 6 and 7 at Stabler Arena in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

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Women’s basketball rolls past winless Hartford team 22-6 first-half run locks up victory for Binghamton Ryan Giglio

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On the final cusp of the America East (AE) regular season, the Binghamton women’s basketball team faced off against a winless Hartford team and took the opportunity to pounce. Thanks to a 22-6 run in the second quarter, the Bearcats blew open what was an early one-point deficit in Saturday’s matchup. Playing with a big lead from that point on, including being up by 21 points with just over three minutes left in the third quarter, the Bearcats (19-8, 3-11 AE) cruised to a victory against the still-winless Hawks (028, 0-15 AE).

A quick burst of points with under two-and-a-half minutes to go, stemming mostly from five successful free throws and two layups, allowed Hartford to chip BU’s lead down to eight. However, the Bearcats successfully stopped the bleeding and secured a 78-65 victory.

BU has now won three straight games, and its 19 wins ties the program’s second-highest win total during its 19 years in Division

I. “[We’ve] got to clean up some things, but I really like the energy and the effort from the girls,” said Binghamton head coach Bethann Shapiro Ord. Shapiro Ord seemed proud of her players and liked the aggressiveness they showed during the second-quarter offensive outburst.

The team’s mindset was to attack Hartford by pushing them downhill. The aggressive strategy was shown by the defense in the second quarter, as BU complemented its scoring parade by shutting down the opposing offense for much of the period. However, this aggressiveness seemed to escape Binghamton in the fourth quarter as Hartford began clawing back.

“I was getting mad because we weren’t executing,” Shapiro Ord said. “We weren’t taking care of the ball and defensively we were giving them some really good second-chance opportunities.”

Senior guard Kai Moon echoed her coach and said that ball security was lacking for the team.

“The game was a little bit closer than we would have liked it to be,” Moon said. “There were a lot of 50-50 balls that we didn’t get to, and we wanted to stress that in the timeouts. So coming in we knew that we just had to be a lot

more aggressive and take care of the ball. We knew our shots were going to come and we just had to be patient.”

Moon led BU with 18 points, making 6-of-15 from the floor and four 3-pointers.

Though Hartford may be on its way to a winless season, Shapiro Ord indicated that its record may not accurately represent the state of the program under a first-year coach. “[Hartford head coach] Morgan Valley has been doing a tremendous job keeping these kids up,” Shapiro Ord said. “It’s rough and they play hard and they played hard the entire game. It’s going to be scary here in a few years with [Valley], with the way she’s coaching the girls.”

As Hartford failed to roll over, Binghamton was saved by getting key contributions from all over the roster, with the team scoring 30 points from its bench players.

Freshman guard Denai Bowman came off the bench to score a career-high 14 points. She nailed all four of her field goal attempts and netted six of her nine shots from the free-throw line. She also contributed seven rebounds and three steals.

“That’s what [Bowman]’s been doing all year,” Moon said. “She

sidney slon assistant photo editor Freshman guard Denai Bowman scored a career-high 14 points in the Bearcats’ 78-65 road win over Hartford.

comes off the bench and gives us a huge lift.”

Senior guard Karlee Krchnavi echoed this sentiment. “[Bowman] has always been a spark off the bench,” Krchnavi said. “It’s her role and she knows what to do and does a really good job at stepping up. It doesn’t surprise me that [Bowman] can make such a big contribution like that.”

The Bearcats were also lifted thanks to 11 points from junior forward Olivia Ramil, seven points and seven boards from Krchnavi and seven points, four steals and six rebounds by sophomore forward Annie Ramil.

“I’m really proud of my kids,” Shapiro Ord said. “I gave a lot of minutes to a lot of different people. Just trying to continue to

work on our depth and our youth getting an opportunity.”

Binghamton must now focus on Wednesday’s home game against UMBC. With a win, the Bearcats will clinch a top-four seed and a first-round home game in the playoffs. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 26 at the Events Center in Vestal, New York.

Track and field compete at AE indoor championships Bearcat men place fifth, women take seventh Joe Tonetti

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Over the weekend, the Binghamton track and field teams concluded their indoor season at the America East Indoor Track and Field Championships. The men’s team finished with 81 points for a fifth-place finish, and the women took seventh with 58 points at the event in Boston.

“Because our teams are so small in numbers, we can’t afford to have anything go wrong,” said Binghamton head coach Mike Thompson. “A couple things went wrong with injuries and that was the difference in the team score, but the individual performances were outstanding.”

Retaining his indoor conference title, sophomore Casey Gribben opened up the Friday meet for the men with a 14-11 clearance in the pole vault, taking first after winning the jump-off in a fourway tie. In the long jump, a 23-06

jump from sophomore Jake Restivo landed him third, followed by senior Matt Baker’s 22-10 ½ performance in sixth. The Bearcats took five total points out of the 5K after senior Daryn Hutchings clocked in at 14:45.14 in sixth place, and sophomore Matt Jacob trailed behind in seventh at 14:50.40. The men’s distance medley capped off day one’s meet with a 9:56.69 time, finishing in third with redshirt junior Dan Schaffer’s 4:03 mile split on the anchor leg. With 30 total points, BU sat in second place behind

provided by temi bajulaiye Senior Emily Mackay anchored the women’s first-ever win in the distance medley relay (DMR) at the America East Championships over the weekend.

UMass Lowell after the first day of events.

Junior Mallory Prelewicz also maintained her pole vault title on the women’s side, clearing 1111 ¾ to take first overall. In the weight throw, sophomore Madison Krochina threw 54-08 in her fourth-place finish. However, the women’s distance medley relay (DMR) was one of the highlights of the competition, as the DMR team came home with gold, clocking in at 11:41.67. Despite the win, Binghamton only had 26 points in third place after day one, with title champs Albany already running away with their eighth consecutive title.

“The DMR we were not expecting to win,” said senior Emily Mackay. “It was a pleasant surprise.”

Day two of the meet began with hope for the men, as Baker returned for the triple jump, taking fourth with his jump of 4911 ¼. Schaffer added another 10 points to the Bearcats’ total, propelling the men’s side into first with 45 points after clocking in at 4:07.72 to take his 2020 conference title in the mile. Graduate student Nate Gerhardt competed in the 60-meter hurdles final, finishing second with a time of 8.27 to extend Binghamton’s lead by another eight points. However, with Albany close behind and no

Binghamton competitors in the 400-meter or 500-meter finals, the lead quickly slipped to the Great Danes. Although senior Greg Matzelle ran a time of 6.96 to take fourth in the 60-meter final after finishing second in the preliminaries the day before, Albany occupied the top three spots in the event and grew its lead to over 100 points. Only two Bearcats managed to score after the 60-meter: senior Jack Fitzgerald in second place in the high jump (7-00 ½) and freshman Ryan Guerci, who finished sixth in the 3K (8:17.56). Albany, totaling 171.50 points, dominated the other nine conference teams.

“We had injuries on both the men’s side and the women’s side, and those really affected the team score quite a bit,” Thomspon said.

“Despite the team score, I am very satisfied.”

Junior Brittany Korsah shined for the women’s team, contributing 19 points to the Bearcats’ score. She had a firstplace finish in the triple jump (40-06), a fourth-place finish in the 400-meter dash (55.10) and helped BU to a fifth-place finish in the 4x400 relay (3:50.81).

“Korsah wins the triple jump and she’s competing 20 minutes after the 400, so she was flat on her back, middle of the infield, dead after running the 400,”

Thompson said. “Her first jump in the finals, she jumps a [personal record] by eight inches and wins. That may have been the performance of the meet simply because she did it right after the 400.”

Mackay clocked in at 2:53.31 in the 1K to complete her bright indoor season. However, the two athletes had no chance against first-place Albany, who swept the meet with 175 points.

“I’ve been running some of the best times I’ve ever ran, so that gives me confidence and helps me mentally going into races, especially conferences,” Mackay said.

An unfortunate series of injuries dragged down both teams’ scores. Matzelle’s injuries caused the Bearcats to drop points in the 200-meter dash, and sophomore Dominique Jackson’s injuries during the 60-meter dash brought her to last in the final.

Additionally, sophomore Aziza Chigatayeva, who was named all-conference during the 2019 cross country season, underwent surgery and did not compete all season. She will also be absent for the majority of the spring.

After a weekend off, a handful of Bearcats will return to Boston, Massachusetts on March 7 to March 8 to compete in the ECAC/IC4A Championships.

Baseball defeated in three games by Florida Atlantic BU drops second straight game in walk off fashion Spencer Lubell

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After opening the season with a three-game sweep at the hands of Wofford, the Binghamton baseball team was looking to rebound against Florida Atlantic this weekend in Boca Raton, Florida. However, the Bearcats (0-6) were swept once again, falling in a single game on Friday and a doubleheader on Sunday.

In the first game of the series, FAU (7-0) won on a walkoff sacrifice fly to right field. The Bearcats outhit the Owls 12 to 8 and had an 8-2 lead heading into the bottom of the eighth inning. However, Binghamton’s ace sophomore pitcher Thomas Babalis was pulled from the game after 6.0 innings pitched, and BU’s trio of relief pitchers surrendered seven unanswered runs to Florida Atlantic, six of them coming in the bottom of the eighth. The game-winning sacrifice fly was hit by sophomore outfielder Mitchell Hartigan, and the Owls handed Binghamton its second consecutive walk off loss.

Binghamton’s offense was led by senior catcher TJ Wegmann and redshirt senior right fielder Daniel

Franchi, who both homered in the game. In Babalis’ six innings pitched, he gave up two runs on three hits in his second appearance of the season.

Babalis also struck out five hitters during the night.

Binghamton had time to think over what went wrong on Friday night when rain canceled Saturday’s game, and on Sunday morning, the Bearcats played a doubleheader to close out the series. In game one, BU fell to the Owls by a final score of 9-4. Binghamton’s starting pitcher, sophomore Jack Collins, gave up one run on three hits in his 3.2 innings pitched. In the top of the fourth inning, Binghamton junior infielder Jake Evans hit into a fielder’s choice, and senior infielder Justin Drpich scored on a resulting throwing error to tie the game at one. Binghamton added another run during the top of the fifth to take a 2-1 lead.

However, during the next two innings, Florida Atlantic scored six runs to take a lead they wouldn’t give up for the rest of the game. FAU scored four before the Bearcats recorded the first out in the bottom of the fifth. Senior pitcher Greg Satriale gave up all four runs in the frame and was pulled after only a third of an inning pitched in the contest. BU and the Owls each recorded two runs in the seventh inning, closing out the scoring for the

game and sealing the victory for the Owls.

The nightcap of the doubleheader resulted in another loss for the Bearcats, as they fell 11-4. Binghamton outhit the Owls again, but left 10 runners on base during the second game of the doubleheader. Junior pitcher Josh Kopcza got the start for BU and gave up four runs, four hits and four walks over the span of three innings. Binghamton tied the game at one apiece during the top of the fourth inning, when sophomore infielder Zachary Taylor hit an RBI double that brought redshirt senior infielder Alex Baratta home. However, during the bottom of the inning, the Owls scored three runs to take a 4-1 lead. BU scored one run in the fifth and sixth inning, but the Owls scored five runs in the sixth to widen their lead to a large margin.

Evans continued his strong play in the series by going 3-for-4 during the finale, including an RBI and a run scored. He went 8-13 over the three games.

Binghamton is looking to rebound and claim its first win of the season in an upcoming three-game series against Longwood University next weekend. First pitch in the opener on Friday, Feb. 28 is set for 3 p.m. at Buddy Bolding Stadium in Farmville, Virginia.

tyler gorman pipe dream photographer Junior infielder Jake Evans went 3-for-5 at the plate and hit two RBIs in one of Binghamton’s three losses to Florida Atlantic over the weekend.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

BU downs Hartford SEE PAGE 11

Monday, February 24, 2020

Men’s basketball blows 24-point lead on Senior Day basketball from page 1 The Bearcats’ defensive performance improved drastically in the second half, as they forced eight turnovers and were able to score 18 points off miscues by the River Hawks. UMass Lowell junior guard Obadiah Noel turned the ball over five times and went 2-for-12 on field goal attempts, as the Bearcats’ guards shut down the River Hawks’ backcourt for the majority of the match.

The Bearcats were efficient on the offensive end, as they continued to find open lanes on drives and open looks from three. The River Hawks had no response to Sessoms, who continued to find his way to the rim throughout the match, netting two 3-point attempts. Tinsley and freshman guard Hakon Hjalmarsson led in shots from behind the arc, and Binghamton hit 11 of its 19 attempts.

In the final minutes, UMass Lowell was able to bring the game to a one-possession match, as it was more aggressive offensively and began to control Sessoms on the attack. UMass Lowell graduate student forward Josh Gantz, the River Hawks’ leading scorer in the game, tied the contest with a 3-pointer in the final minute. Sessoms, however, was able to regain the Binghamton lead with a tough fadeaway jumper.

Against Hartford on Senior Day, Binghamton was led by Sessoms’ 22 points and senior guard Richard Caldwell, Jr., who was a defensive and offensive anchor throughout the match, scoring 18 points overall. Senior forward Pierre Sarr added 11 points, eight boards and four steals, and Tinsley found several open teammates on the offensive, finishing with six assists.

“I thought we had a pretty complete effort — we got contributions from a lot of different guys,” Dempsey said. “[Caldwell] got off to a great start on Senior Day which was nice, and [Sessoms] had a good game. I know he feels awful right now because that last shot didn’t go in, but he

Senior guard Richard Caldwell, Jr. scored 18 points against Hartford in Binghamton’s 75-74 loss to the Hawks during weekend conference play.

really played a good game.”

The Bearcats overwhelmed Hartford to start the match with quick, aggressive transition on the offensive end, forcing the Hawks into difficult shots.

Hartford’s main scoring threats of graduate student guard Malik Ellison, freshman forward Moses Flowers and sophomore forward Hunter Marks rarely found opportunities against the Binghamton defense. However, Flowers found his rhythm late

in the first half and continued to produce into the second, finishing with 15 points.

The Bearcats opened the second half with a shaky offensive performance, hitting only one of their first eight shots, while the Hawks continued to narrow the lead, as they collected 18 offensive rebounds in the game and climbed up the scoreboard.

Scrappy plays from both teams lead to a shared total of eight personal fouls in the first seven-

and-a-half minutes. However, the Hawks’ shooters started to net their shots. Hartford sophomore guard Michael Dunne drained three clutch 3-pointers down the stretch to bring the Hawks within striking distance, taking the lead for the first time of the match with two minutes left.

“I thought we played a really good game, and Hartford came back nicely and gave themselves a chance in the first half where they were in striking distance,”

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Dempsey said. “They played a really good second half, and those [3-pointers] were killers. We were playing good defense, and we were really keying in on Ellison and [graduate student guard Traci] Carter. One of the other guys for their team had to step up and it was Dunne.”

The Bearcats lost their shooting touch in the second half, netting 42 percent of their shots from three, but only scoring on two of 12 attempts in the second.

The teams traded key buckets in the final seconds of the match, including a 3-pointer from Hjalmarsson and a layup by Carter with seven seconds left. Sessoms was not able to connect on a lastsecond 3-pointer, allowing the Hawks to pull away.

The Bearcats will look to improve off this tough loss with a game against UMBC on Wednesday, Feb. 26. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. from the UMBC Event Center in Baltimore, Maryland.

Men’s lacrosse defeats Lafayette in triple overtime Winkoff, Roderka score multiple goals for BU Kimberly Gonzalez digital editor

Tied 10-10 against Lafayette with 56 seconds left in the third

session of sudden-death overtime, the Binghamton men’s lacrosse team was tirelessly awaiting an opportunity to sweep the ball past Lafayette sophomore goalie Ryan Ness, who made 12 saves during the game. Sophomore attack Kevin Winkoff saw the opportunity, and passed the

ball in the last minute to freshman midfielder Ryan McBeth, who scored the game-winning goal to give the Bearcats a thrilling 11-10 victory.

“It was so stressful going to three overtimes like that,” Winkoff said. “We had so many chances and every time we

turned it over, we felt that they were going to put it away. We were definitely sitting on edge, but when the ball was on the opposite side and I caught the ball, I knew the slide was coming to me on that side, so I knew [McBeth] was open. When he scored, it was awesome.”

sidney slon assistant photo editor Sophomore attack Kevin Winkoff scored three goals and had four assists against Lafayette in the Bearcats’ first win of the season.

During the three overtime sessions, shots were rarely taken by either team, leading to an exceptionally long period of extra time.

“I think we both have two young teams — there’s some inexperience there and that could contribute to it a little bit,” said Binghamton head coach Kevin McKeown. “The overtimes are so short that sometimes you get under two minutes and you’re trying to hold for the last shot already.”

The Leopards (0-4) entered the game having not won in 364 days, with their last win coming on Feb. 23, 2019 against Binghamton.

After losing their first two games of this season, the Bearcats (1-2) never trailed Lafayette in Saturday’s game. The first period was dominated by Binghamton, ending the period up 4-1 after scoring the first four goals of the game. Several newcomers had to set up on offense in the absence of junior attack William TalbottShere, who is out for the rest of the season due to injury.

“With [Talbott-Shere] out it’s a big loss for us, so I think the biggest thing from our offense is we can’t try to fill [TalbottShere]’s gap,” McKeown said.

“We have to keep being ourselves, doing the simple things, and I think you saw with that last goal there that when we have good ball movement, good things happen to us.”

Winkoff scored three goals on the day and assisted four. Junior attack Justin Roderka, a college transfer new to the team, and freshman midfielder Thomas

Greenblatt both scored multiple goals on the day.

The Bearcats outshot Lafayette 42-29 in the game, but were only able to produce 23 shots on goal. Despite the Bearcats’ solid offense and defense, Lafayette was able to creep behind them with strong fortitude.

Redshirt freshman goalie Teddy Dolan made nine saves during the game after his 18-save game against Syracuse in the team’s last matchup. By the end of the third period, the game was tied 7-7 and the Bearcats had difficulty shaking the Leopards off their backs.

The fourth period was neck and neck and the Leopards never trailed by more than a goal. Thirty-one seconds before the period ended, Lafayette sophomore midfielder Cole Dutton scored his second goal of the day, evening the score and sending the game into overtime, where McBeth’s goal eventually won the game.

Winkoff finished the game as BU’s top scorer, with three goals and four assists. He said he is trying to be a leader during the young team’s games this season.

“We’re all kind of young, so we’re kind of in the same boat, but I’m definitely putting myself in more of a leadership role and working on that as I’m playing,” Winkoff said. “But we’re all in the same boat, working together.”

The Bearcats will look to win their second game of the season on Tuesday, Feb. 25 when they take on Bucknell University.

The opening faceoff is set for 4 p.m. from the Bearcats Sports Complex in Vestal, New York.