Pipe Dream

Student newspaper celebrates 60 years

By Matt Zeidel
Pipe Dream is commemorating six decades of serving the Binghamton University community. It started in the fall of 1946 as “The Colonial News,” a densely-packed four-page digest of the goings on of Triple Cities College. Over the years, we’ve grown and changed, but one thing has remained constant: for better…

Seven times zones away — but here at home, the conflict rages

By Alana Casanova-Burgess
This summer, with campus nearly 6,000 miles away, several Binghamton University students and alumni found themselves in the middle of an international conflict that made headlines around the world. For those who spent time in the Middle East, the violent conflict between Israel and Hezbollah ranged in impact from enlistment…

$3.2 mil construction to finish by end of November: Facilities

By Chris Strub
Construction that has closed a major campus artery to pedestrian traffic since before the semester began could have been done weeks earlier, maintenance officials said, but for the catastrophic flooding that crippled the region early this summer. So work will continue for at least another two weeks on the walkways…
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Hey BU, are you ready for some futbol?

By Evan Drellich
Protecting a 1-0 lead in the America East title game against Stony Brook, the Bearcats needed only three minutes and fifteen seconds to send its most prolific senior class ever off as champions. But the 2005 fairy tale ended early, as the team fell heartbreakingly short in penalty kicks. “I…

Conference champs back on court

By Erica Fritz
After a mind-blowing season that ended with the conference title in its hands, the Binghamton women’s volleyball team is out to prove that last year was no fluke. The Bearcats were predicted to finish sixth out of seven teams in last year’s America East pre-season poll but defied the odds…
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Editorial: Sexually free, sexually responsible

By The Editorial Board
Roughly two weeks ago the Food and Drug Administration approved over-the-counter sales of the emergency contraceptive pill Plan B in pharmacies and health clinics, restricting non-prescription availability to those 18 and over. We say three cheers to the FDA for making the logical decision to allow women the option to…
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Release Looks Back, Part 1

By Ryan Litwin
This is it: the final Release of the year, and the last one with your ugly, balding editor. It’s been a fun run, but like all things, it must end sometime. As I move on from Binghamton and into my parents’ house, I look back on my time here with…
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