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Posters display false voting information

City Council to change internship guidelines Rules revamped after Dan Livingston investigation Jeremy Rubino

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ble for posting them, incorrectly stated that the last day to register for the Democratic primary is April 13.

Alison Handy Twang, associate director of the Center for

Following a four-month-long investigation, former Binghamton City Council member Dan Livingston was found to have violated internship ethics and procedures with a Binghamton University student, prompting investigators to recommend changes to the City Council’s internship guidelines.

According to a press release from the Binghamton City Council, Renee James, the principal investigator of the incident and an attorney at Hancock Estabrook, LLP, found that Livingston failed to report his internship to the council, failed to log the required hours of the internship, contradicted a prior memo that stated the internship was with the City Council rather than with him personally and utilized the intern for political canvassing outside of the internship’s objectives.

Livingston became the subject of an

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lucas peterka staff photographer Flyers hung around campus listed an incorrect date for voters to change their party registration before New York state’s closed primary elections.

Some say incorrect flyers could affect student registration Kaitlyn Hart

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Posters spotted around cam-

pus last week encouraged students to register to vote in the Democratic primaries, but contained a crucial error, displaying a mistake regarding the deadline for changing voting party registration leading up to the election.

New York state has closed primary elections, meaning that those who wish to vote in the primaries must be registered for their intended party by a date set by the state. The posters, which contained no identifying information about who was responsi-

BU hosts Exhibition showcases found photographs prosecutor in Khmer Rouge trial ‘Italia Rediscovered’ opens at First Friday Patrick Earns

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The Institute of Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention (I-GMAP) invited its first practitioner-in-residence of the semester to present on the prosecution of leaders involved in the Cambodian genocide on Thursday.

The practitioner-in-residence program was created by I-GMAP to connect the Binghamton University community with atrocity prevention practitioners.

Those selected are invited to Binghamton for a weeklong stay where they meet with students, faculty and staff to share their experiences and ideas regarding atrocity prevention.

The semester’s first guest was Andrew Boyle, an attorney and counsel in the Liberty and National Security Program of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law. One of the co-directors of I-GMAP, Nadia Rubaii, a professor of public administration in the College of Community and Public Affairs (CCPA), said having Boyle as a speaker was groundbreaking for the institute.

“Having [Boyle] here as our speaker is interesting because he represents the first time in our institute’s history … in which a practitioner reached out to us and said ‘I’ve learned about your institute, I see what you’re doing, I’m excited

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On Friday, community members interested in Binghamton’s art scene had an opportunity to take shelter from the bitter cold in Court Street’s Artisan Gallery, which held an opening reception for its new exhibition, “Italia Rediscovered.”

While the collection of photographs displayed were curated and arranged by Greg A. Chianis, a longtime photographer, the individual behind the camera remains

unknown. While traveling in Italy, Chianis stopped at an antique market and discovered six rolls of film negatives, which featured an assortment of photographs taken in the 1930s and 1940s. Chianis selected 40 photos from the collection of approximately 200, with the intent of transporting the viewer to an unfamiliar time and place through the lens of a primary source.

Chianis did not purchase the film rolls with the intention of creating an exhibition, the returned to them and found an opportunity to step out of his comfort zone.

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The Artisan Gallery will feature the exhibition from Feb. 6 to Feb. 29.

Women’s basketball blows out Vermont Bearcats halt twogame skid with victory Samantha Marsh

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john atkinson pipe dream photographer Senior guard Kai Moon scored 20 or more points in a single game for the 16th time this season, nailing 21 in the Bearcats’ win over Vermont.

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In the second quarter of the Binghamton women’s basketball game against Vermont, the Bearcats went on a 16-0 run to pull away from the Catamounts and secure a 76-53 victory. After battling for the lead in the first quarter, Binghamton (178, 6-6 America East) distanced itself from its competitor and Vermont (12-14, 6-7 AE) never caught up. Binghamton is now 10-2 at home.

“They took care of each other,” said Binghamton head coach Bethann Shapiro Ord. “One person might have had

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a miss on defense or a missed shot and somebody else picked them up and that’s what made it so much fun. I can’t reiterate enough how happy I am for this team.”

The Bearcats held Vermont’s top scorer, senior forward Hanna Crymble, to just nine points.

The Binghamton defense doubled up on Crymble and she was only able to score two points in the first half off of just two shot attempts. Last time Binghamton played Vermont, Crymble scored 32 points for the Catamounts. “[Crymble] is a heck of a player,” said senior guard Kai Moon. “Since she’s come into the league, she’s been super talented and dominant in the post.

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“Trail of Truth” comes to Binghamton Photo,

Tame Impala returns with “The Slow Rush,”

Contributing columnist Miranda JacksonNudelman critiques technology used in Democratic primaries,

Men’s basketball crushed by Vermont 76-48 in weekend conference play,

Baseball drops all three games against Wofford,

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Police Watch The following accounts were provided by Investigator Mark Silverio of Binghamton’s New York State University Police.

“I just want my money back” TUESDAY, Feb. 11, 6:30 p.m. — A 17-year-old male reported the theft of $300, which he last saw in a desk drawer in his room in Mohawk Hall of College-in-the-Woods. The male recalled placing the money in the drawer on Feb. 9, but said when he returned for it on Feb. 11, the money was missing. Officers interviewed the male’s roommate and suitemates, but said they are not suspects at this time. The male also noted that he and his suitemates routinely leave the suite door open. He does not want to press charges, but said he just wants his money back. The case remains under investigation.

Barfools Binghamton TUESDAY, Feb. 11, 8:30 p.m.

— Officers were tipped off to a Barstool Binghamton video posted on Instagram on Feb. 11, which showed several males smoking marijuana in a dorm room bunk bed fort made of blankets. Barstool Binghamton is an affiliate of Barstool Sports, a pop culture and sports blog that creates and covers viral content. UPD launched an investigation and reported to O’Connor Hall of Dickinson Community approximately two hours after the video was posted.

Upon knocking on the door of the suspects’ suite, they received no answer, but a strong scent of marijuana was present. The suspects will be contacted and referred to the Office of Student Conduct.

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TUESDAY, Feb. 11, 11:30 p.m. — An officer responded to the Appalachian Collegiate Center after receiving a call from a Sodexo worker regarding an intoxicated male. The suspect, an 18-year-old male, continued to order from the grill after repeatedly dropping his food on the ground while trying to make it back to his table. The suspect reportedly did not pay for any of the food and stole a bag of Sour Patch Kids candy.

Upon arrival, the officer found the suspect and asked for identification.

The suspect opened his wallet and revealed a Delaware driver’s license, but proceeded to close the wallet and put it back in his pocket without handing it to the officer.

Because of the suspect’s level of intoxication, Harpur’s Ferry was called. While the suspect was placed on a stretcher, his wallet fell out of his pocket. The officer picked it up, removed the license and asked the suspect if he lived in Delaware state. The suspect stated he did not. The officer asked how he obtained a Delaware license.

The suspected stated he did not know. The forged driver’s license was brought to the UPD station for destruction and the suspect was transported to Binghamton General Hospital for care.

Collateral damage WEDNESDAY, Feb. 12, 12:25 p.m. — An American Food & Vending employee reported damage to the vending machine in Marcy Hall of Mountainview College while trying to service it.

The maintenance worker said the machine’s front-facing panel was bent in, and the damage had to have occurred in the past 24 hours since he serviced the vending machine the day prior and found no damage. Officers reviewed video

The Broome County Court sentenced Serina Madden, 32, to 15 years in prison on charges of first-degree manslaughter on Friday, according to WBNG. Madden first pleaded guilty in the death of 10-year-old Belladonna Loke, of Colesville, in November 2019. Authorities say Madden neglected and starved her daughter, who was found to be malnourished at the time of her death. She also refused to give her medical care, which ultimately led to the child’s death.

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footage from the area. At 2 a.m., a 20-year-old male suspect was observed walking down the hall and slamming his shoulder into the vending machine. The suspect was then seen walking away. Police identified the suspect and later arrived at his room. The suspect

answered the door and said he was intoxicated the night before but had no recollection of the events that had occurred. Upon hearing what happened, the suspect was apologetic. The officer then noticed a grinder with marijuana in it on the windowsill behind the suspect.

After confiscating the grinder, the student was referred to the Office of Student Conduct for unlawful possession of marijuana. American Food & Vending is not pressing charges, but will be seeking restitution for the cost of repairing the damage.

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Attorney Andrew Boyle speaks at an Institute of Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention (I-GMAP) presentation on Thursday about the prosecution of a Cambodian communist regime.

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Speaker discusses 11-year trial for leaders of Cambodian genocide genocide from page 1 about bridging the gap between practitioners and academics and I’m wondering if it would be possible to be a practitioner in academics,’” Rubaii said. “This is the first time that someone approached us and we’re hoping that’s kind of a sign of the growing visibility of the institute and that in the future we can have a mix of the people we handpick and others who apply and say that they’d like to be here.”

Until now, I-GMAP used their global networking to find and invite speakers to the University.

Rubaii said Boyle heard about the conference that I-GMAP holds every April, which made

him take a closer look at the institute.

Boyle’s work is focused on the Cambodian genocide, as he was appointed to the prosecution of Khmer Rouge leaders by the United Nations.

Between the years of 1975 and 1979 after the Cambodian Civil War, a new political party came to power and led a regime called the Khmer Rouge. Members of this party were part of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) and came to control rice trade, the economy and the Cambodian people. The regime lead to the death of more than two million people because of torture, preventable diseases and famine.

Boyle presented evidence used

in the 11-year trial, which convicted three senior Khmer Rouge leaders of genocide and crimes against humanity. The evidence included original documents, photographs, meeting minutes and broadcasted speeches.

There were an estimated 158 prisons opened during the Khmer Rouge, but one of the most notorious was named S-21, which Boyle said held meticulous record-keepers, noting everything from who attended each meeting to who was authorized to kill those imprisoned.

One record shows that in a single day at S-21, a total of 256 people were killed, contributing to the collection of mass graves that can be found in the area.

“[Vietnam] invaded so quickly that the operators of S-21 didn’t have time to destroy the relevant documents that were there,” Boyle said. “And they kept a lot of documentation.”

Boyle said one of the most challenging parts of prosecuting the case was the amount of time that had elapsed from the incident to the trials, since the Khmer Rouge Tribunal was not set up until the early 2000s and ended in 2017.

“One of the drawbacks to doing cases that long after the fact is that people die, memories fade, you lose track of witnesses [and] you lose documents,” Boyle said. “One of the benefits of doing it is that it gives a lot

of time to think about and study and research the Khmer Rouge so we were able to rely on books of individuals who had conducted research.”

Madeleine MacLean, a sophomore majoring in political science, said she attended the event because of her interest in Boyle’s work.

“I liked hearing from someone who had directly experienced being part of such a factual case,” MacLean said. “It was something I’ve read about in classes but I liked hearing it from someone who was involved with it.”

Sofia Fasullo, a sophomore double-majoring in geography and mathematics, said she was

interested in the presentation because she will be traveling to Cambodia for an internship this summer.

“He had extensive knowledge,” Fasullo said. “Some of my teachers are in the [I-]GMAP program so I get notifications when speakers come and it’s always really interesting. I actually came became I really wanted to know about the history of Cambodia. I’m going to be doing work on land mine detection [there].”

The program is set to host three more practitioners this semester, the next being Vahidin Omanovic, co-founder and codirector of the Center for Peacebuilding, the week of March 30.

Staff, student leaders say it is unclear who hung posters voting from page 1 Civic Engagement (CCE), wrote in an email that the date for current voters to change their party registration has since passed. “[New York state] has an early deadline for current voters who wish to change their party affiliation in advance of a primary election,” Twang wrote. “Friday, Feb. 14 is the deadline for the Board of Elections to receive a change of party enrollment from current [New York state] voters who want to change their party for the 2020 primary season. This

deadline applies to both the April 28 presidential primary and the June 23 local, state and federal primaries.”

While the deadline to change party alignment passed, voters who are not registered for any party can still choose to do so and vote in the primary elections. For first-time registration, applications by mail need to be postmarked before April 3. Inperson registration must be done by the same date.

Twang said the CCE was unaware that the posters were going up around campus, and

wants to make sure that students know the correct dates and information for the voting process.

“We do not know who hung the flyers with the incorrect party enrollment change deadline,” Twang wrote. “It seems that they may have intended to note that the deadline to change your party enrollment was [Thursday, Feb. 13]. That would also have been misleading, but because they linked to the [Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)] website it would have technically been correct.”

In New York state, voters also

have the option to use the DMV online portal to register to vote, and the last day to change party enrollment through this option was Feb. 13.

Binghamton University’s College Democrats confirmed they were not responsible for posting the flyers, and Tim Markbreiter, president of College Democrats and a sophomore majoring in political science, said the organization did what they could to take them down. Since the poster said the deadline was two months later than the actual date, he said there is a possibility that some

students did not change their political registration in time.

“I heard about these posters from our vice president,” Markbreiter said. “We have no idea who put them up and we did our best to ensure that these posters came down. After seeing these posters, I’m nervous that there will be more efforts to suppress the student vote. While I would rather assume that this was a genuine mistake, it is also fair to assume that these efforts were made to intentionally suppress the student vote, which is a scary thing for any student, no matter their

political affiliation.”

Markbreiter said students who may have been misled by these posters should still exercise their right to vote in the future.

“If there are students who missed the deadline to register with a party because of these posters, I want to implore them to not feel dissuaded from voting in future elections because of this one incident,” Markbreiter said. “Voting is one of the most integral parts of living in a democracy and no one should be pushed away from doing their duty as citizens of this country.”

City Council internships to be council-wide, says report internship from page 1 internal investigation in October 2019 when the City Council became aware that Livingston had an undisclosed BU student intern working for him during summer 2019 through the misuse of University funds and resources. The council then unanimously voted to approve the investigation following a work session.

Livingston, who was a City Council member for Binghamton’s second district, lost reelection last November to Republican Sophia Resciniti, ‘06, a lecturer in BU’s College of Community and Public Affairs.

Thomas Scanlon, City Council president and council member for Binghamton’s seventh district, said in the press release that Livingston declined to cooperate throughout the investigation.

“Despite voting for an independent investigation and making statements in support of it, Mr. Livingston refused to

participate and be interviewed,” Scanlon said.

Scanlon, who originally sponsored the investigation, emphasized Livingston’s abuse of power in facilitating the undisclosed internship.

“The results of this report are clear — Mr. Livingston used his elected position to create an unauthorized paid internship for one of his campaign staffers,” Scanlon said. “He did not disclose the internship despite being informed of the process on multiple occasions, including before he took office and in his first weeks on [the] Council.”

The 25-page report published by James also makes recommendations on what future internships with the City Council should look like. The investigator stressed that interns should be focused on supervised work and research experience related to their field of interest, in contrast to performing the supervisor’s administrative

duties and attending non-workrelated events.

Furthermore, James outlined new internship procedures by dividing internships into three seasonal cycles, facilitating interviews through the City Council, holding orientation sessions and enforcing an unpaid internship policy, stating paid positions would be considered employees rather than interns. He also suggested implementing policies that would limit the planning, economic development, fire and police departments to hiring a set amount of interns per cycle.

It is unclear whether the University will have any input on the new procedures.

Scanlon said the City Council will be making changes based on James’ procedural recommendations.

“City Council will advance additional ethics training and establish intern procedures, as recommended in the report,” he said.

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Bloomberg shouldn’t receive special treatment in Democratic primaries Spending exorbitant amounts of money on a campaign challenges democratic values Seth Gully Contributing Columnist

With the Iowa Democratic caucuses and the New Hampshire Democratic primary behind us, one candidate appears to be rising in the polls faster than any other.

Former New York City mayor and businessman Michael Bloomberg has reached third in the average of national polls and second in betting odds calculated by RealClearPolitics.

But despite the numbers, Bloomberg doesn’t have a mass grassroots movement behind him propelling him into legitimacy. In fact, the reality is quite the opposite. Bloomberg, an illegitimate candidate by my belief, has spent more than $350 million on his campaign in an attempt to simply buy the election.

This means most of Bloom-

berg’s staying power comes from self-funding, an archaic concept that should be done away with in exchange for public financing.

Similarly to how candidates raise funds from shady sources, such as corporations, the military industrial complex, the fossil fuel industry and the pharmaceutical industry, Bloomberg has made his fortune through Wall Street.

One shouldn’t trust an executive from ExxonMobil to regulate the fossil fuel industry. And in the same way, we shouldn’t trust a billionaire Wall Street investor to regulate Wall Street and tax billionaires. We already have an inept and corrupt Congress filled with representatives in name only who simply bend to their oligarchic donors. We don’t need another president of equal illegitimacy.

Imagine if this were any other country. Suppose a Russian billionaire spent hundreds of millions of dollars to become president. We would rightly label them as an oligarch. But when billion-

aires do that at home, they’re treated as legitimate simply for having vast amounts of money.

Furthermore, the United States backed a coup of Evo Morales in Bolivia last November. The United States claims to be concerned about corruption and fair elections, when in actuality it has a history of overthrowing democratically elected governments for political and capital interests. Instead of toppling foreign governments, the United States should look at the corruption, bribery and institutional problems of Congress and the entire American electoral system.

This includes the corruption of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). The Democratic National Committee sets the rules for debates of presidential candidates. Traditionally, the DNC has both a fundraising and polling threshold for candidates to be on the debate stage. However, because of recent rule changes, the fundraising threshold has

been dropped, allowing Bloomberg to join other candidates on the debate stage. Following this announcement, The Gravel Institute released audio from a phone call between the DNC and the Mike Gravel presidential campaign. At the time of the recording, the Gravel campaign was requesting that the DNC recognize that he reached the unique donor threshold needed to qualify him for the debate stage, but it was not approved by the DNC. During the call, the DNC claimed to be neutral and could not change the rules to benefit any one candidate.

But now, they have done that exact thing. The DNC dropped the fundraising threshold, and if it weren’t for that decision, Bloomberg would not be admitted into the debates. The fact the DNC made this decision after Bloomberg donated more than $300,000 last November to the committee demonstrates the corruption in Washington and the failure of our election process.

National media has also been complicit in the Bloomberg campaign. On MSNBC and CNN, Bloomberg has been treated with kid gloves, treated as a top-tier candidate since he jumped in the race simply because he is extremely wealthy. Pundits on cable news treat Bloomberg with more legitimacy than Bernie Sanders despite the fact Sanders is and has been at the top of the pack for months and has out-raised every other candidate. Chris Matthews, a political commentator on MSNBC, is the perfect example of this.

On numerous occasions, Matthews has given praise to rightwing Democrats, such as Bloomberg, while bashing Sanders and conflating his ideology to that of the Soviet Union and totalitarianism. More broadly, Bloomberg hasn’t been properly questioned on his past support and implementation of stop-and-frisk, his past helping of Republican candidates against Democrats or why he skipped the first few caucuses

and primaries. Instead, the media is helping manufacture the Bloomberg movement with fluff pieces and favorable, uncritical coverage.

Bloomberg is no doubt rising in the polls. But it’s not because he has been knocking on doors, talking with people and thinking about policies to help others.

Bloomberg wants to be president simply to be president. His polling is evidence of just how impactful millions of dollars of ad buys can have on a campaign. Money buys elections. And with the help of the DNC and the media, Bloomberg is surging. “Democratic” elections won with overwhelming wealth as opposed to the issues are neither democratic nor elections. Dictators never forfeit a dictatorship. Businesspeople never forfeit a business. Oligarchs will never forfeit the oligarchy.

Seth Gully is a sophomore triple-majoring in philosophy, politics and law, economics and French.

‘Fast fashion’ is an exceedingly harmful branch of the clothing industry Brands like H&M and ROMWE endanger human lives and the environment Jessica Gutowitz Senior Columnist

I receive what seems like 100 emails a week from online clothing stores like boohoo, H&M and ROMWE, not to mention the ads that are always popping up on my Instagram feed.

With the convenience of online shopping coupled with inexpensive products, I can’t help but spend hours scrolling through merchandise and even placing orders when my bank account will allow for it. I tend to forget, however, the harmful impact these companies have on both the people who work for them and the environment.

The clothing churned out by these companies is often referred to as “fast fashion,” which, according to Independent, is fashion that “focuses on speed and low costs in order to deliver frequent new collections inspired by catwalk looks or celebrity styles.” Because of this, the clothing they make and sell is often of poor quality and meant to fall apart after just a few washes, forcing the consumer to then buy a new piece from the same or a similar company and perpetuating the cycle.

The question then, of course, arises — who is making all these clothes? Unsurprisingly, these fast fashion companies use exploitative labor practices, often in developing nations that have few workers’ rights, enabling manufacturers to underpay and overwork employees. More than 80 percent of workers don’t earn a living wage, and it’s not uncommon for garment workers to work 13 to 14 hours per day, nonstop. The conditions in which they must work are inarguably horrific, exemplified by the case of the Rana Plaza, a Dhaka garment factory. One woman, Aklima Khanam, was afraid to return to work after a large crack in the building’s ceiling was discovered, but her bosses threatened to dock her pay if she didn’t show. Just an hour after she arrived, the building collapsed, trapping her for 15 hours. She is now unable to work because of her injuries and therefore cannot earn her paltry salary of just $31 per month, nor has she received any kind of compensation for her accident from her employers. Entering the workforce at age 14, Khanam’s story is not uncommon.

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Eighty percent of these workers are women and 60 percent are under the age of 18, so these companies perpetuate poverty among women of color as well as child labor.

The environmental impact of fast fashion is also too detrimental to overlook. Some of the main concerns include carbon emissions, because the merchandise is shipped via airplane from factories in the East to retailers in the West, and use of fossil fuels, as many manufacturing plants rely on coal energy. Another concern is landfill waste. Although the vast majority of clothing discarded could be reused, it ends up get-

ting thrown away. According to Klow, a blog that focuses on ecological and ethical living, “In the [United States] alone, clothing landfills occupy more than 125 million cubic yards each year and the worst part is that most of these clothes are made from nonbiodegradable materials.”

Another huge problem caused by fast fashion is water pollution. It takes 2,700 liters of water to produce just one shirt.

Many of the products are treated with and dyed using chemicals which are then often dumped into rivers, polluting the freshwater supply in already impoverished regions. The production of this clothing necessitates the

use of more than 1.5 million tons of these hazardous chemicals. Toxic chemicals are also used for agricultural purposes to produce cotton, and can contaminate the land and runoff into waterways as well. The effects of this water pollution can be devastating. A documentary titled “The True Cost” shows a farmer in the United States who died of a brain tumor, as well as the children of cotton farmers in India who are being born with serious birth defects.

The consequences of our fashion choices are grave and there are countless victims.

Although we are not the ones directly exploiting child labor

and polluting the environment, there are ways we can discourage these practices. It is important to be aware of the issues inherent in buying clothing from companies like H&M, who try to brand themselves as sustainable even though they contribute to harmful and wasteful practices.

In 2018, H&M released a sustainability report claiming that “by 2030 it aims to use only recycled or other sustainability sourced materials and by 2040 it wants to be 100-percent climate positive,” according to Forbes.

In reality, however, the company burned 12 tons of unsold clothing.

We do have purchasing pow-

er and can use our money to support more environmentally friendly brands. It can be hard to invest in high-quality clothing on a college student’s budget and styles are always changing, but we can make an effort to repurpose old clothing or swap with a friend when we want something new to wear. Thrift shopping is also a great way to lessen clothing waste and buy recycled items. Sustainability in the fashion industry will not happen overnight, but everyone can work to make small changes to stop contributing to these debilitating issues.

Jessica Gutowitz is a junior majoring in English.

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Technology has the potential to unjustly sway elections After the Iowa caucus disaster, it’s important to examine new voting procedures Miranda JacksonNudelman Contributing Columnist

The threat of private interests obscuring the purity of political processes is more prevalent today than ever. Business and politics have always been closely intertwined, as those occupying the two domains capitalize on their coinciding interests. In utilizing tools of political pressure and paving the way for political corruption, for-profit businesses may exert their influence over policies principally to their own advantage.

This association is now complicated through both the rise and proliferation of technology companies and the government’s expanded reliance on their technology in an attempt to expedite and update their antique procedures. The drive for capitalistic acquisition inherent to the political realm has taken a newfound supremacy, endangering the fairness and efficiency of our already delicate democratic system.

Considering the unprecedented rise in 21st-century technological capabilities, it’s unsurprising that our government seeks to modernize its outdated systems. Yet, outdated doesn’t inherently mean unreliable, as experimentation with voting technology has proven. The accuracy of new mechanisms aimed at facilitating political processes are rightfully under scrutiny. Earlier this month, the Iowa caucuses debacle particularly illuminated the challenges underlying such a new dependency. As a side note, caucuses are a peculiar part of our intrinsically complex political system, differing from primaries to the extent they’re often focused particularly on local populations openly voicing their nomination choice. Furthermore, they’re organized by specific political parties instead of arranged solely through the state.

In the case of Iowa, the situation’s principal disorder came from its Democratic Party’s use of an insufficiently tested smartphone app to tabulate results.

Commissioning for-profit technology company Shadow Inc. to create the app less than two months before the caucuses, its speedy development left little time for thorough testing. Albeit, party officials reported no suspicions regarding app malfunctions, introducing new technology to traditional voting procedures without acknowledging all problems that could possibly arise. As a result, there were many factors present complicating the process, including a general unfamiliarity with the system, the high error rate in transmitting results to caucus chairs and the inability for many to properly log in and use the app at all — consequently preventing them from voting properly.

The final results of the debacle unsurprisingly proved to be just as unsatisfactory as the process itself. Although Bernie Sanders won the popular vote, Pete Buttigieg amassed a higher percentage of state delegates based on a flawed caucus system made worse by unnecessary technology.

Although the chaos apparent in the Iowa caucuses undoubtedly tied back to the Democrat’s reliance on experimental technology, the choice of Shadow Inc. in particular wasn’t some random fluke. In November and December, the Iowa Democratic Party (IDP) paid a total of $63,183 to Shadow Inc. for “website development,” according to the campaign’s financial disclosure report. Specific candidates too had prior connections to the for-profit business, as Buttigieg’s campaign had donated tens of thousands of dollars last year to Shadow Inc. for “software rights and subscriptions,” according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) records. A spokesperson for the campaign later said the nature of the transaction was for the company to aid in the campaign’s voter contact through

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improved text messaging services. Besides Buttigieg and the IDP, FEC filings also showed that the Nevada State Democratic Party (NSDP) paid Shadow Inc. $58,000 for “technology services” in August.

Nevada’s contributions to Shadow Inc. is important because the next Democratic caucus will occur there on Feb. 22.

Subsequent to the incident in Iowa, the NSDP had originally intended to use Shadow Inc.’s same app but have naturally reconsidered, despite past financial ties. Not only will the app not be used in Nevada, but it won’t be used anywhere in the United States during preliminary elections, according to Democratic

National Committee Chairman Tom Perez. Instead of following the lead of New Hampshire, which prohibited all technology use during its general primary election held on Feb. 11, Nevada plans on using a different technological means to collect voting results. Characterized as a caucus “tool” to be preloaded onto caucus chair iPads, the party emphasized the difference between its new hardware and other app use, although without explicitly delineating that difference.

Technology holds great promise for facilitating political processes, with the possibility of expediting ancient voting procedures, and even increasing mainstream voter participation by

making the entire process more accessible and comprehensible.

However, such experimentation with modern technology needs to be just that — researched and tested beforehand, not thrown together weeks before critical elections and forced onto the public as reliable. Apps, or “tools,” aimed at revitalizing traditional means of voting routines must not only go through trial prior to public use, but also be continually regulated. Technological management is fundamental to avoid repeating Iowa’s shortcomings and to evade the possibility of utilizing products by private businesses which offer haphazard services.

In essence, the proliferation

of technology has substantially altered traditional political procedures. By introducing new paths for profit-driven third-party groups to affect longstanding democratic processes, for-profit interests further infiltrate political advocacy. Politics will never be completely distanced from superficial desires of external businesses, or individual politicians, but today’s increased acceptance of technology in elections are sure to thwart our theoretically democratic system, simply reinforcing the problems already inherent within it instead of supplying a viable solution.

Miranda Jackson-Nudelman is a junior majoring in political science.

As BU’s Food Co-op reopens, a hidden culinary gem returns The student-run kitchen offers a welcoming experience unlike any other on campus Hannah Gulko Senior Columnist

Between the luscious greenery of the Nature Preserve and the Nova Lox sandwich at Einstein’s, there’s a lot on Binghamton University’s campus to be grateful for. For example, the Food Co-op: Opened in 1975, it is a student-run slice of vegan heaven hidden in the basement of the newly renovated University Union Undergrounds.

The Food Co-op provides more than just a healthy and hearty meal — it supplies the atmosphere, the community and the organic, wholesome vibes

you desperately need to get you through your week. It is a longtime staple of various organic, vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free and locally sourced options from farms around the Southern Tier on this campus. The Food Coop closed due to the University Union renovations in summer 2019, and with its reopening after renovations, there’s an art initiative to paint a map of the northeastern United States on the wall. The map will be updated to display the origins of the seasonal produce used in the Food Co-op’s dishes, connecting local farmers to students and the greater Binghamton community.

A welcome change from the restrictive options found elsewhere on campus, the multivaried kitchen offers students

the ability to meet their hedonic desires within the boundaries of their preferred diets. Run wholly by volunteers, student chefs prepare competition-quality food every morning, serving daily hot lunches rich with stunning colors, intensely flavorful proteins, creative sides and, most importantly, mouthwatering desserts.

Sitting at the round hand-painted tables adorned with patterns of sliced fruits and vegetables, you can enjoy a meal good for your heart, free of preservatives and as natural as can be. It’s good for your mind and good for your soul, joined by friends, family and oftentimes welcomed professors.

You don’t have to be vegan or dress in thrifted clothes to find a home here. As someone who has

worked there for close to three years, I can assure you its inhabitants would be happy to talk to you about why they do what they do. You don’t have to commit to the crunchy granola, hippie, environmentalist aura or even wear flannel shirts — though it sure is a comfy way of life. You walk into this space as you are, and leave it fuller, in all physical, mental and emotional senses of the word.

Every day you leave enriched with food, with community, with experience and with discussion.

And on Friday nights, you leave with the sounds of Binghamtonbased bands and local performers, all looking forward to the following week’s menu.

Should you be interested in following the trail of freshly made ground coffee in the morn-

ing, or homemade vegan vanilla lavender cookies around noon, it lies right at your fingertips. Nestled under the University Union, the Food Co-op is finally reopening its doors after great anticipation and much celebration from all those who find a family there.

The year’s first full week of service will start on Monday, Feb. 24. On Friday, Feb. 28, there will be a grand reopening party featuring student music, art and undoubtedly the most lovingly prepared food you can find on campus. Everyone will be welcome to contribute to the new art adorning the walls and the space of the Food Co-op.

The Food Co-op is not just a kitchen, dining hall nor an eatery.

It’s an incredibly beautiful culinary, communal and artistic ex-

perience. It’s the place where you can sit and bring your homework next to a steaming mug of tea, a space where you can close your eyes and listen to a friendly, and quite often, handsome someone plucking away at guitar strings; a home where you are given the opportunity to be whoever you want to be and experience conversations welcomed through vibrant opinions. The Food Coop is a place to learn — about who you are, the significance of your community and the impact of this little spot in our big school. But of course, above all, there is food. Food that reminds you what a Sodexo-free life really tastes like.

Hannah Gulko is a senior majoring in human development.

Letter to the Editor: In response to the Glenn G. Bartle Library renovations Ziyana Lategan Guest Columnist

The third floor of the Glenn G. Bartle Library is due for renovation starting in July 2021 with a projected completion date of fall 2024. The Graduate Student Organization (GSO) has been informed that the books found on this floor will be temporarily relocated to an off-campus collection management facility for the duration of the renovation.

Unfortunately, the third floor presently houses most of the books that are germane to my

field of study. I am thus coming to terms with the reality — two years into a Ph.D. program in comparative literature — that I will be expected to complete the heretofore most intellectually demanding period of my scholastic career without a library.

I find myself in battle without the necessary armor. Forlorn and unarmed. At the time of my application to this school, the promotional material for Harpur College failed to include the incredibly important detail that my Ph.D. studies are to be completed without immediate and direct physical access to the material I will be required to study to fulfill the requirements of the degree.

Students in other disciplines might not be aware of the extent to which books are necessary to the work that humanities students and faculty do. Admittedly, the horrors of a life without a library may seem arcane to some.

I ask that you consider, however briefly, the degree of difficulty one might incur studying chemistry without access to a laboratory, or being a computer science major without a computer.

Consider the more relevant metaphor of being an aspiring baseball player without a baseball, and in the absence of a state-ofthe-art baseball facility.

Recent requests for student input on the renovations of the third floor of Bartle Library have

extended almost exclusively to issues of design. Moreover, the request for student input came long after the decisions to relocate the third-floor books to an off-campus facility and to permanently shrink library bookshelf space by 30 percent had already been made. The Student Library Advisory Committee’s (SLAC) primary interest seems to lie in student color-coding preferences and the number of available electrical outputs.

While the choice between shamrock and emerald green may be of critical importance, there are those of us for whom books are what distinguish a set of buildings from an institution of higher learning.

It is perfectly reasonable that Binghamton University would respond to a problem of overcrowding by exploring ways to expand its physical space. However, the decision to remove our primary sources of knowledge to solve this problem displays a gross lack of imagination and a disregard for a section of the graduate student body already struggling to juggle the demands of teaching and fellowship procurement in a highly competitive academic environment.

It is with a deep sense of regret that I register my disappointment at the deliberate decision to disregard the educational needs of students like myself.

In the same breath, I would caution prospective students — especially graduate students in the humanities and affected fields — against the perils of false advertising. While a more elaborate case can and should be made for the value of literacy, the practice of reading and the societal benefit of critical thinking toward an engaged citizenry at a time when this country is in such deep political and intellectual turmoil, I cannot make it here. Suffice to say that I hope the incremental move to vacate the library of books in favor of play space is worth the cost.

Ziyana Lategan is a secondyear Ph.D. student studying comparative literature.

Exhibition features moments from ‘Trail of Truth’ march Local photographer documents annual event Gabriela Iacovano

arts & culture editor

An exhibition capturing August’s “Trail of Truth” march in

black-and-white film photography is now on view at Binghamton Photo. “True B&W Photographs

by Arra: Trail of Truth” opened Friday, moved from its original start date following inclement weather during last week’s First Friday Art Walk.

The “Trail of Truth,” held annu-

ally since 2015, honors people who have died from substance use disorder by involving friends and family members in a march and live performance art piece. According to Alexis Pleus, founder and executive director of Truth Pharm, the first march was planned in about two weeks as an act of protest

lucas peterka staff photographer The photographs were featured at Binghamton Photo, a part of the Bundy Museum of History and Art.

against the county for not counting overdose deaths appropriately.

“Our message is you’re not just losing empty souls, it’s not just numbers, these are human beings who are loved, who had qualities, who had attributes,” Pleus said.

“We wanted to create an event where the county couldn’t deny that people had lost their lives.

We decided that because it was so beautiful, and people really appreciated it and said it was a good healing time for them, to do it each year.”

In the years since the event’s conception, Truth Pharm has ensured that photographers are present to document the annual march. This year, they were unable to have their usual photographers at “Trail of Truth,” so the organization put a call out on social media.

Binghamton resident Arra Norton, 29, a street photographer who usually shoots local rallies and other community events, responded to it.

“I really wanted to see what it was about because I’d never been to it, and I wanted to capture the emotions of the event and share it,” Norton said. “I like to use my photographs to start conversations.”

The exhibition is being held at Binghamton Photo, which is part of the Bundy Museum of History

and Art. Norton is a member of the Binghamton Photo darkroom and when she was asked by the Bundy Museum to exhibit her photos of the event, she collaborated with Pleus in selecting the photographs.

Truth Pharm, which maintains a relationship with the Bundy Museum as a partner organization for its radio station, tabled at the opening reception.

Pleus said Norton’s photographs showed her a side of the event she often misses as an organizer.

“I love them because as the person who organizes the event and leads it, you kind of almost have to be detached when you’re at it because it’s very emotional, and just to function you almost have to divorce yourself of your own emotions and you miss a lot,” she said.

“For me, it’s really beautiful to see the photographs and then I can get in touch with my own emotions about the event and the experience, and it’s powerful for me to see what other people were experiencing at the event.”

Christie Hansen, ‘19, an administrative assistant at Truth Pharm, said a photograph that depicts a megaphone and a sign reading “Stop the Stigma” was one of her favorites.

“It kind of speaks for itself in

a way,” Hansen said. “I think the black-and-white photos bring out so much more emotion than if they were in color, to be honest. The contrast in feeling is represented in the contrast of color.”

Hansen said she hopes the exhibition aids Truth Pharm’s mission to inspire similar events in other cities and possibly lead to a nationwide movement.

“I’m hoping that they’ll start to understand that there are actual issues and it’s affecting everyone, and I think [Pleus] is doing a great job bringing awareness,” Hansen said.

Pleus said her own background as an artist has motivated her to include the arts in the work Truth Pharm does. She hopes the photographs serve to inform exhibition visitors.

“Having this as a part of First Friday is beautiful because we’re reaching people who would maybe never be exposed to Truth Pharm and know about our work and know about our walk,” Pleus said.

“They might come to it next year, but then they’re also seeing what’s behind it, the loss of all these human lives, and they might get concerned about the issue. I feel like art reaches a broader audience and reaches people in a way that sometimes words can’t.”

Tame Impala’s ‘The Slow Rush’ builds on pop sound The band’s fourth album ruminates on time Sean Carr

staff writer

After a five-year wait, a Coachella headlining set and an ever-growing reputation as one of the biggest rock acts of the last decade, Kevin Parker’s solo recording project, Tame Impala, has finally released its fourth studio album, “The Slow Rush.” The new album aims to complete Tame Impala’s transition from rock to pop that began on its third album, “Currents.”

Although this may be the most pop Tame Impala album yet, its psychedelic aesthetic keeps the record grounded within the Tame Impala canon.

The album flows in a kaleidoscopic fashion, with each track diving into different sonic ideas,

marking “The Slow Rush” as Tame Impala’s most diverse record to date. The opener, “One More Year,” sets the stage with a psychedelic house track that balances swirling vocoder effects with a straightforward beat while never breaking a sweat.

“Borderline,” a single released last year, reappears here in a reworked edition. Pummeling synths and explosive drums dominate the mix, while the gimmicky pan flute plays a more muted role in this version. Although less memorable than the original version, the rework plays better within the track list.

“Breathe Deeper” stands out as the most immediate song on the album, as it blends Parker’s dance-pop aspirations and his psychedelic production style to near perfection. Singles like “Lost in Yesterday” and “It Might Be Time” shine in the track list, while deep cuts “On

Track” and “Is It True” add more diversity in the form of balladry and dance punk. “Glimmer,” the penultimate track, starts with a distorted spoken word passage, then jolts into a short jam before fading out. At a little over two minutes in length, it serves as a motif or interlude rather than a cohesive song. Despite its refreshing brevity compared to the rest of the album, it is the most nonessential song in the track listing. The closing number, “One More Hour,” takes a surprisingly minimal approach before bursting into auditory fireworks, as Parker flexes his producing skills and leaves “The Slow Rush” firing on all cylinders.

While Parker may sprawl when it comes to production choices, his lyricism remains tied to one central theme. Bookended by the songs “One More Year” and “One More Hour,”

Parker spends much of “The Slow Rush” ruminating on time and the absence of it. “Posthumous Forgiveness” is split into two parts, with the first half containing a bitter eulogy of Parker’s father and the second half seeing Parker directly addressing his father and wishing for him to see all of his success.

It serves as the most personable and heartbreaking moment on the record. “It Might Be Time” addresses Tame Impala’s inevitable exit from the zeitgeist and the feeling of obsolescence in an increasingly younger and sprightlier world. “The Slow Rush” builds upon the preceding album’s themes of change in a natural and exciting way, rather than recycling its message over new songs.

Fans of Tame Impala have no shortage of material to be divisive over. The Australian musical project now has two rock

youtube Tame Impala released its fourth studio album, ”The Slow Rush,” on Friday.

records and two pop records under its belt, yet with each release, Tame Impala has refused to tread the same water. “The Slow Rush” is not the departure that “Currents” was from its second album, “Lonerism.” Rather, “The Slow Rush” is a more obtuse offering that tackles themes as large as “Currents” does, but

is less immediate than its predecessor. None of these songs sound ripe to go viral on TikTok like “The Less I Know the Better,” but their dense compositions and catchy melodies offer riches of pop gold.

“The Slow Rush” will envelop you in its world, but only if you have the time.

Bing Stand-Up gets steamy at annual sex-themed show

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In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, comedians joked about gynecologists, cruise ship sex, coming out and more on Saturday night.

‘Italia Rediscovered’ spotlights found photographs italy from page 1 he returned to them and found an opportunity to step out of his comfort zone.

“I was thinking about, ‘How do I mix my work with their work?’ and it didn’t really make too much sense,” Chianis said. “So I just decided, let’s dedicate this to an unknown photographer, to the Italian people and the story that they each tell.”

The collection of images highlight the political identity of Italy

under the authoritarian regime of Benito Mussolini, with one photograph featuring a young man wearing a fascist pin on his suit jacket.

More broadly, the pictures offer a firsthand account of the daily lives of Italian citizens, whether they focus on a group of sightseeing tourists or a young woman going for an autumn bike ride. Chianis said he focused on the value of the narrative that the exhibition displays while selecting photos.

“I think it was just more about the stories they told me or spoke

to me about,” Chianis said. “It was really more about the story, and as I’m sitting there printing them, you get really connected with the people in the images.”

Chianis is a self-taught photographer with a day job as an architect, operating as the cofounder of Chianis + Anderson Architects based in the city of Binghamton.

While many of his architectural contemporaries in the area were able to spend a semester in Italy while studying in college, Chianis did not have the same opportunity,

not making his first proper trip until four years after his graduation from the University of Texas at Austin. Since then, he said he has more than made up for it, with his most recent trip in October bringing his total to 44 visits to the country.

“I’m a huge Italian fan,” Chianis said. “I’m Greek by descent, but I tell my 93-year-old father that I should have been Italian. He gets mad at me. I just love it. There’s a lot that it offers, from the art, the architecture, the food, the cul-

ture, the pace of life. It’s a pretty amazing place.”

Chianis said he views the photos as a necessary extension of his own work in Italy and his understanding of the country, as they provide a narrative that runs through seemingly unconnected snapshots of distant lives.

“If I look at Italy as a pie chart in my mind, my own interpretation through my own photography is quite a big piece of the pie,” Chianis said. “I think this is another slice of the pie, what other people

have done and what it is to them.

Most of these shots maybe were just family snapshots, they were very well done on a number of occasions. But I think that’s probably what it means, just kind of continuing my story a little bit, and just getting it out to the public.”

The exhibition will be on display from Feb. 6 to Feb. 29.

The opening reception, which was initially scheduled for Feb. 7 as part of Binghamton’s First Friday, was rescheduled due to inclement weather.

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Wrestling defeated by Cornell in penultimate dual DePrez, Doyle earn major decisions over Big Red Daniel Metz

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Facing No. 17 Cornell, a strong Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) opponent, the Binghamton wrestling team was defeated in a dual meet this past weekend.

Redshirt sophomore Lou DePrez and redshirt sophomore Joe Doyle were the lone winners for Binghamton during the meet and redshirt sophomore Zack Trampe took a top opponent to extra time.

“They converted a very high percentage of their leg attacks and takedowns,” said Binghamton head coach Kyle Borshoff. “We gotta work on moving our feet.

I think some of our guys were winning matches, [and then] they started thinking about winning and losing instead of just thinking about continuing moving their feet and continuing to be active and aggressive, and that cost both [senior Anthony] Sparacio and [freshman Tomasso] Frezza their matches.”

The final bout was arguably the most anticipated, featuring BU’s No. 9 Trampe against No. 4 Cornell senior Chas Tucker.

Trampe, who missed a portion of the season due to injury, entered the bout undefeated. At the end of regulation, he executed a strong takedown to tie the match and send it to overtime at 6-6, but Tucker closed it out with a takedown to win 8-6. The win improved Tucker’s overall record to 26-0 on the season and was

ariel kachuro photo editor Redshirt sophomore Joe Doyle picked up his 10th dual win of the season in an 11-2 decision over Cornell sophomore Seth Janney.

Trampe’s first loss of the season, putting his record at 8-1.

“You never have a ‘good’ loss, but [the match] should help build

[Trampe]’s confidence to realize he’s right there with the best guys in the country,” Borshoff said.

The dual meet started at 141

pounds, with Sparacio competing against Cornell senior Noah Baughman. Sparacio led early, but Baughman secured the victory,

ending the match with a takedown and a 4-3 decision. At 184, No. 5 DePrez earned a dominating major decision against Cornell

freshman Jonathan Loew to give the Bearcats their first win of the day. The victory marked his 21st of the season, putting him at an overall record of 21-5 and improving his dual meet record to 9-2.

“DePrez did great, he dominated that match,” Borshoff said.“I think there’s a pretty good chance [DePrez]’s going to end up at the one seed at our conference championships.”

Doyle also had a strong performance at 285, going against Cornell sophomore Seth Janney to win 11-2, securing his 10th dual win of the season and putting his overall record at 16-11.

“Doyle was great today,” Borshoff said. “He wrestled the complete match, seven minutes from start to finish, and really dominated his guy.”

With the match already decided in Cornell’s favor, Trampe took to the mat in the final bout of the day, where he was defeated in overtime by Tucker. The teams finished with a final score of 32-8 in favor of the Big Red. The Bearcats have one more dual meet against Buffalo before they travel to Lehigh for the EIWA Championships in March. Despite dealing with several injuries throughout the season, the team appears to be on solid ground with the postseason nearing.

“I think we’re about three weeks away from being ready,” Borshoff said.

The Bearcats’ match against Buffalo will begin at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 21 at Alumni Arena in Amherst, New York.

Men’s lacrosse falls to No. 5 Syracuse at Carrier Dome Binghamton outshot 55-21 by ACC opponent Kiernan Fischer

contributing writer

Facing a top program from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), the Binghamton men’s lacrosse team fell to No. 5 Syracuse on Saturday afternoon, losing 17-4. Even without one of their best players, All-American redshirt senior defender Nick Mellen, the Orange (2-0) got out to a 4-0 lead and never looked back as they blew past the Bearcats, outshooting them 55-21 and winning 21 out of 25 faceoffs.

“This is definitely a challenge for the younger guys,” said Binghamton head coach Kevin McKeown. “They are a top-five team, so this gives them the chance to see lacrosse at its highest level right now and there are a lot of things that we can learn from them.”

After conceding the first four goals of the game in the first quarter, the Bearcats (0-2) scored two consecutive goals at the end of the opening quarter to cut the deficit in half. The first one was scored by junior midfielder Jackson Rieger off a feed from junior attack William TalbottShere and the second was scored shortly after by sophomore attack Daniel MacKinney. The Orange responded by taking an 8-2 lead into the locker room at halftime, outscoring BU 4-0 in the second frame.

The two teams traded a goal each to start the third quarter

before Syracuse found the back of the net three times in a row to take a 12-3 lead into the fourth quarter, where the Orange outscored Binghamton 5-1 to secure the lopsided 17-4 victory.

Binghamton’s two second-half goals were scored by junior attack Justin Roderka. Roderka, a junior college transfer new to the Bearcats in 2020, is currently the team’s leading scorer early on in the new season.

For the Orange, sophomore attack Griffin Cook and junior midfielder Brendan Curry led the team with three goals each.

Overall, 11 players found the back of the net for the Orange, as opposed to just three for the Bearcats.

Facing a barrage of shots, sophomore goalie Teddy Dolan put forth a strong performance for BU, registering 18 saves on 35 shots on goal.

“None of us are surprised by this,‘’ McKeown said. “We believe in [Dolan]. He has done a great job in both of our games.

He has seen a lot of shots in both games and has done a great job holding steady and saving over 50 percent of his shots in both games.”

Dolan is currently fifth in the country with 17 saves per game in this young season. On the other end, Syracuse’s senior goalie Drake Porter left the game in the fourth quarter with 11 saves and a .733 save percentage.

McKeown thinks the team showed improvement after its 12-4 loss to Marist in the season opener.

“We definitely played better today, even though it does

provided by rich barnes Sophomore goalie Teddy Dolan ranks fifth in the country in saves, averaging 17 saves per game after totaling 18 against Syracuse on Saturday.

not show on the scoreboard,” McKeown said. “We cleared the ball better at times, and I think overall in 6-on-6 both offensively and defensively we were sharper.”

Moving forward, the Bearcats will take on a similar opponent next weekend, as they welcome Lafayette to Binghamton for their home opener.

“We still have a lot to work on,” McKeown said. “It is a long season, but we have a very young team and we have the ability to develop and get better

pretty quick.”

Face-off is set for noon on Saturday, Feb. 22 from the Bearcats Sports Complex in Vestal, New York.

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Men’s basketball dominated by Vermont in Burlington Binghamton extends losing streak to six games Yaakov Spivack

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The Binghamton men’s basketball team took on the University of Vermont on the road on Saturday afternoon, the toughest America East (AE) competition the Bearcats will face all season. The league’s leading team won decisively, beating the Bearcats (8-17, 2-10 AE), 76-48.

The loss marks the sixth straight defeat suffered by head coach Tommy Dempsey’s team.

“It was a fun game today in front of a sold-out crowd,” said Vermont head coach John Becker per uvmathletics.com. “We did a good job controlling the game in the first half, but played much sharper in the second. We took care of the ball today and generated a lot of good shots.”

Vermont’s defense shined throughout the contest, holding the Bearcats to just 19-for-57, or 33 percent, from the field.

The Bearcats only made four 3-pointers on 21 attempts and converted just six of their 11 shots from the free-throw line.

Three BU players reached double figures in the game, but none reached 15 points. Seven total players got on the score sheet for the Bearcats.

Vermont (21-6, 11-1 AE), on the other hand, had two players reach nearly 20 points. Senior forward Anthony Lamb led all scorers with 19 points, also collecting eight rebounds. Junior guard Stef Smith was not far

john atkinson pipe dream photographer Freshman forward George Tinsley contributed 10 points and seven boards in his 39 minutes on the court as Binghamton was downed by Vermont 76-48 over the weekend.

behind with 18 points, hitting 70 percent of his field goals. Vermont outscored BU 26-7 in bench points, with 10 total Catamounts scoring points.

The teams traded baskets

early on, but a few minutes into the first half, the Catamounts began pulling away. An 11-2 run

by BU allowed the team to close the gap just a little, bringing the score within six points of the

home team with two-and-a-half minutes remaining in the first period. It was here, however, that Vermont rallied its offense, scoring the final seven points of the half, including a 3-pointer at

the buzzer from junior forward Bailey Patella, who had 10 rebounds on the day.

Following the break, the Bearcats were able to score two baskets. The first came inside

from senior forward Pierre Sarr and the next was a jump shot from freshman forward George Tinsley. Immediately following those buckets, however, a foul charged to freshman guard Dan Petcash gave the Catamounts a chance at the stripe, beginning a run that would ultimately prove to be decisive. Vermont began to score inside and out, scoring 15 to the Bearcats’ three in a fiveminute span to eliminate the chance of BU making a comeback.

Binghamton was led in scoring by sophomore guard Sam Sessoms, who put up 13 points.

The young player also collected seven rebounds and six assists.

Sarr and Tinsley added to the tally, scoring 10 points each.

Those three players hit all but five of BU’s 19 field goals in the game, and scored all but 15 of the Bearcats’ points.

With the loss, the Bearcats remain in last place in the AE with four conference games remaining. BU is a game behind Maine in the AE standings, and the Black Bears (7-19, 3-9 AE) own the tiebreaker with BU because of their sweep of the season series between the two teams. Because of this, BU will need to win at least two of its four remaining contests to have any chance of reaching the AE Tournament in March.

After their tough road contest, the Bearcats will return to their home court for two straight games. The team’s next contest will be against UMass Lowell on Thursday, Feb. 20. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. from the Events Center in Vestal, New York.

Softball drops five games at Aggie Classic to open season BU struggles offensively at first nonconference event Edward Aaron

assistant sports editor

To open its 2020 season, the Binghamton softball team headed south to College Station, Texas for its first of several preseason tournaments. At the Aggie Classic on the Texas A&M University campus, the Bearcats dropped all five matchups against strong competition from the Big East and Southeastern Conference (SEC), as well as the Southland Conference.

“We know that offensively, we gotta put more runs on the board,” said Binghamton head coach Michelle Johnston. “We’re not gonna win games scoring one, two runs. I think that’s something that we’re going to focus on.”

The team played its first game on Friday against St. John’s. In the circle for opening day was the team’s breakout player from last year’s AE Tournament, sophomore pitcher Morgan Bienkowski. “[Bienkowski] obviously came on really strong at the end of the season last year, and she’s worked really hard throughout the summer and she’s done a really

good job as far as improving all of her pitches,” Johnston said. “We definitely expect her to be one of our starters.”

Bienkowski pitched a complete game as Binghamton was defeated 6-1 by the Red Storm (2-8). St. John’s scored the first six runs of the game, but a solo home run from sophomore pitcher Sophia Pappas scored the lone run of the day for BU in the bottom of the seventh.

In the second game, BU fell in a narrow 1-0 defeat to Lamar University (4-6). Senior pitcher Rayn Gibson started for the Bearcats, also pitching a complete game with five strikeouts.

“Both [Bienkowski] and [Gibson] on day one on Friday, they both threw really well, and unfortunately, we had quite a few mistakes and gave them extra opportunities and that’s what ended up hurting us, along with not being able to score some runs,” Johnston said.

On Saturday, Binghamton was defeated 10-2 by host Texas A&M. Trailing 2-0 in the third inning, Pappas hit a two-RBI single to tie the game; five runs from the Aggies in the bottom of the frame, however, put the game away.

In a rematch against St. John’s, Binghamton fell 5-2. Freshman

outfielder Tessa Nuss drove in BU’s first run of the game in the fifth inning, as she competed in her first weekend of collegiate softball, and senior outfielder Stephanie Ragusa went 2-for-3 at the plate.

Binghamton capped off the event without a victory after falling 4-1 in a loss to Lamar on Sunday morning.

“We’re obviously trying to learn from our mistakes,” Johnston said. “The first game we had quite a few. We’re also moving some players around, our outfield is a little thin right now, we’ve got some injuries, so we’ve kinda been seeing how different players look both out in right and left field. We’re just trying to get a feel for how everyone’s working with each other.”

Before competing in another nonconference event, the Bearcats have next weekend off.

Johnston hopes to reduce some of the team’s mistakes as it prepares to take on several top programs at the Tiger Invitational in two weeks at Auburn University.

“We got a lot of video from this weekend, so they’re going to get to see their at-bats, so we’re gonna kinda review some mechanics and pitch selection type things,” Johnston said.

“We’re playing six games when we go down to Auburn, so we’re gonna make sure our pitchers are

ready to throw some volume.”

BU will open the event with a matchup against Georgia

Southern on Friday, Feb. 28. First pitch is set for 11 a.m. at Jane B. Moore Field in Auburn, Alabama.

rose coschignano pipe dream photographer Senior outfielder Stephanie Ragusa went 2-for-3 at the plate and scored one run during Saturday’s 2-5 loss against St. John’s.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

BU falls to UVM SEE PAGE 9

Monday, February 17, 2020

BEARCAT BRIEFS TRACK & FIELD Joe Tonetti

Sports Intern

richard jannaccio contributing photographer Freshman guard Denai Bowman was one of four Bearcats to reach double figures against Vermont over the weekend, scoring 10 points.

Women’s basketball rolls past Vermont basketball from page 1 What she was able to do the last time we played them was remarkable, so we knew coming in we had to readjust our defensive strategy in terms of how we played her. We doubleteamed her in the post, and we just tried to keep the ball out of her hands as much as possible. We know a great player like that is going to make plays at some point, but if we can limit that as much as possible, then that’s what we’d like to do.”

There were four Bearcats in double figures for the game: Moon, senior guard Carly Boland, junior forward Olivia Ramil and freshman guard Denai Bowman. Moon led the team with

21 points, the 16th time this season she has scored 20 or more points in a game. Boland contributed 12 points and five rebounds, while Ramil and Bowman each scored 10 points. “[Bowman] does just about everything you can do and ask for out of a freshman and then some with her poise and her confidence as a ball handler,” Moon said. “[She] guards the team’s best player every game. I mean, that’s huge.”

Shapiro Ord was able to put in all of her active players, resulting in 21 points coming from the bench. Junior forward Kaylee Wasco contributed seven points, while freshman guard Cassidy Roberts and freshman guard Clare Traeger had two points

apiece.

Freshman forward Delaney Richason led the Catamounts with 12 points, followed by sophomore guard Sarah Wells, who had 10.

The Bearcats out-rebounded the Catamounts 40-23, and Binghamton had 16 offensive rebounds compared to Vermont’s two. They were up by as many as 36 points in the fourth quarter. Boland said the team had its best defensive performance of the season.

“We harp on defense every game,” Boland said. “Today we guarded the person that we really needed to. Our help was great, and I thought we rotated well.”

Last time the Bearcats took on Vermont, Binghamton lost by just

three points. “[Last game] we got into some foul trouble early,” Shapiro Ord said.

“We didn’t have Wasco, who was tremendous today. [Sophomore forward] Annie [Ramil] got into some foul trouble even though she was doing great in the beginning, but just having to sit so much, it was inconsistent as far being able to be out there and getting a flow, but now we’re home and we have our fans and our support.”

The Bearcats hope to take their momentum into Wednesday night when they take on UMass Lowell. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Costello Athletic Center in Lowell, Massachusetts.

With the America East Indoor Championships right around the corner, the Binghamton men’s and women’s track and field teams sent athletes to meets at Iowa State, Boston College and Cornell University in final preparation for next weekend’s major event.

Redshirt junior Dan Schaffer was the only Bearcat to compete at the Iowa State Classic, taking on the 5K last Friday in the invitational section. Clocking in at 14:31.28, Schaffer finished 14th overall against fierce competition. Had he run his previous record of 14:03.06, it would not have placed him within the top 10.

The David Hemery Valentine Invitational extended over two days for the Bearcats.

Friday’s competition was highlighted by senior Emily Mackay, who managed to shave seven seconds off her previous school mile record, clocking in at 4:46.38 and finishing 28th out of 250 runners. Sophomore Dominique Jackson ran the 60-meter invitational and clocked in at 7.79 in the preliminaries.

In the finals, however, Jackson ran a time of 7.90 and took ninth place.

Senior Greg Matzelle was Binghamton’s top men’s finisher on Saturday, opening up the 60-meter invitational preliminaries at 6.85 to top the results. Coming back for the finals, Matzelle ran 6.86 to take fourth overall. Freshman Marty Dolan placed fifth in the unseeded 5K, clocking in at 14:57:27 among 73 competing runners.

At Cornell’s Sunday Invitational, senior Andrew Garabito took first in the 500-meter with a time of 1:08.51. However, few schools actually competed at the meet. Freshman Zhanna Green delivered a promising 8.11 in the 60-meter final for the women’s side, taking second overall. Sophomore Madison Krochina took second in the weight throw after her 51-11 feet performance.

Next Friday and Saturday, the Bearcats will compete in the AE Indoor Championships, starting at 3 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 21 at Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts.

Baseball swept in season-opening series at Wofford Bearcats defeated in three matchups Justin Zion

sports editor

As it usually does, the Binghamton baseball team opened up its season with a swing through the South. This year, the Bearcats began their 2020 campaign with a three-game series at Wofford, who was the runner-up of the Southern Conference last season.

Though BU played more competitively as the series progressed, it failed to secure a win, dropping all three games in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

“Of course we’re disappointed we didn’t come away with a win,” said Binghamton head coach Tim Sinicki, per bubearcats. com. “But I do think we played better every time we took the field. Games against high-level NCAA tournament-type competition early in the season will only make us better in the long run.”

Each game of the series was more competitive than the last.

In the season opener on Friday, the Bearcats (0-3) scored the opening run of the game when redshirt senior outfielder Daniel Franchi was brought home on an RBI double to left by redshirt senior infielder Alex Baratta.

However, that would be the only run of the game for Binghamton, which managed only five total hits in the game.

Wofford (3-0), meanwhile, had no offensive issues, piling on 15 runs in the contest. The reign-

ing America East Rookie of the Year, sophomore pitcher Thomas Babalis, got the start for BU and struggled. Babalis pitched 2.1 innings and allowed six earned runs on six hits and three walks, compared to only two strikeouts. The Terriers took the lead in the bottom of the second on a single by senior infielder Brett Rodriguez that brought home two runs, and held the lead for the remainder of the day. Wofford scored all 15 of its runs in a four-inning span.

Though the Bearcats’ pitching and defense largely failed to contain the Wofford bats, BU did have a bright spot in its relief pitching, which was one of the team’s biggest question marks heading into the season. Freshman pitcher Douglas Goodwin pitched the final three innings of Friday’s contest in relief, allowing no runs on just one hit and no walks.

On Saturday, the Bearcats lost in a closer game than Friday’s contest, but still trailed by a large margin throughout and only narrowed the gap in the closing innings. Sophomore right-hander Jack Collins gave up six runs on seven hits in his start, causing BU to be down 9-2 entering the eighth.

Binghamton closed the gap by three runs in the subsequent two innings, with senior infielder Justin Drpich hitting a two-RBI double in the eighth and an RBI single in the ninth, but BU still fell well short. Drpich went 4-for5 from the plate, and Baratta and sophomore first baseman Kevin Gsell notched two hits each.

Sunday’s contest was by far the tightest of the weekend, with Wofford needing a walkoff hit to edge past the Bearcats.

After a RBI single by Gsell gave the Bearcats the lead in the top of the first, Wofford scored four runs in the bottom of that frame, all charged to the starter, junior right-hander Josh Kopcza. After that, however, the Terriers did not score again for the next seven innings, as the Binghamton bullpen shut them down.

Sophomore right-hander Ryan Bryggman entered the game in the bottom of the fourth and did not allow a single hit in four innings pitched. Following Bryggman’s strong outing, freshman reliever Dylan Gearhart made his collegiate debut in the bottom of the eighth and got the three outs necessary to keep Wofford from adding to its run total, aided by a diving play by Gsell to prevent a would-be RBI single.

As this was happening, BU inched back into the game, with senior catcher TJ Wegmann carrying the team on his back and getting key hits when the team needed them. In the top of the fifth, Wegmann crushed a tworun homer to right, bringing the Bearcats within one, and in the top of the sixth he hit an RBI single to even up the score. All of this led to a tie game entering the ninth.

After BU failed to score in the top of the ninth inning, Gearhart returned to the mound and got the first two batters out. However, junior catcher Lawson Hill managed to hit a single, giving

rose coschignano pipe dream photographer Senior infielder Justin Drpich went 4-for-5 at the plate and put up three RBIs in the Bearcats’ 9-5 loss against Wofford on Saturday.

the Terriers a lifeline in the inning. Wofford freshman infielder Trey Yunger replaced Hill as a pinch runner, a move that would immediately pay dividends for Wofford, as a pickoff throw by Gearhart went awry, allowing

Yunger to go from first to third.

The next batter, junior outfielder Colin Davis, hit a long fly ball to left that landed for the walkoff base hit, giving Wofford a 5-4 victory.

The Bearcats will seek their

first victory of the season in their next series, a three-game slate at Florida Atlantic. First pitch in the first game is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 21 from the FAU Baseball Stadium in Boca Raton, Florida.