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Assembly meeting ends with police

By Evan Drellich
Tension at the end of a tumultuous year for Binghamton University’s student government led to an argument that campus police were dispatched to investigate late last night. Nearly four hours into a weekly Assembly meeting, three members of the Assembly and two Student Association executive board members moved outside a…

English department talks back

By Sophia Rosenbaum
Members of the Binghamton University English department are up in arms at the recent class size and teaching assistant switch-up. The department has been forced to reduce class sizes and eliminate almost 1,000 seats from some key classes. As English TAs take on WRIT 111, which isn’t required, hundreds of…

Next SA budget leaves groups out

By Melissa Bykofsky
The financial fate of campus student groups was decided on April 20, when the Student Assembly ratified the 2009-10 budget, leaving two groups without a budget and the rest seeing no significant changes from the 2008-09 financial plan. Around 180 student groups registered under the Student Association at Binghamton University…
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Bearcats defend AE championship

By Rahul Shah
If the America East championships were a jukebox, there would be a repeat button stuck at the Binghamton University men’s tennis team. For the fifth time in seven straight seasons, the Bearcats established their reign as America East champions with a 4-1 win over top-seeded Stony Brook on Sunday. It…

Men’s lax get tourney spot

By Ryan Ganzenmuller
With their college lacrosse careers on the line, the Bearcats’ seniors took center stage to extend their season by at least one more game. The Binghamton men’s lacrosse team (3-11, 2-3 America East) clinched their sixth consecutive AE tournament berth on Saturday with an 11-9 win over Hartford (2-11, 1-4).…
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On Writing Good

By The Editorial Board
When we criticized the University’s implementation of WRIT 111, an introductory writing course, in a Fall 2008 editorial, we did so because we believed the class was based on faulty premises: that the University could shape less than stellar writers with a one semester class that would be taught, with…
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Is Your Fave Show Returning Next Year?

By Ben White
For fans of beloved but low-rated television series, this can be a nerve-wracking time of year. With the current television season coming to a close, executives at the major TV networks will soon be looking to solidify their fall lineups, which have not yet been officially decided upon. For many…
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