Miladin “Minja” Kovacevic, the former Binghamton University men’s basketball player accused of beating a fellow student into a coma last May, was arrested in Serbia this week. After receiving documents from the United States on Oct. 10, Serbian officials took the 21-year-old into custody on Tuesday in Belgrade on suspicion that he “inflicted life-threatening bodily harm” on Bryan Steinhauer during a beating at The Rathskeller Pub on State Street. A judge sentenced the ex-BU student to at least 30 days in jail, which his lawyers are appealing, while a formal investigation is conducted. Serbian law allows the judge 48 hours…

Student Association President Matt Landau may be broadening his political endeavors beyond Binghamton University. While no formal decision has been made, Landau has announced he is considering a run for mayor of the city of Binghamton next year. “If I ran, it would be for mayor in the 2009 elections, with the Democratic primary happening in the fall of 2009,” Landau said. “But I want to make it clear, no decision has been made, and I personally just do not know yet what I will do.” “We’ve made great strides in making Binghamton more vital and more vibrant through economic…

The Binghamton University Black Student Union will celebrate Black Solidarity Day this Monday, Nov. 3, with a number of campus-wide events, including live performances and a speech by a guest speaker. The holiday is a day of commemoration for the nation and people of African descent. Every year African-Americans and others throughout the country come together to revisit the struggles of the past and examine the greater possibilities for their future. It is celebrated annually on the Monday before Election Day. Black Solidarity Day was founded in Brooklyn in 1969 by Dr. Carlos Russell, and its concept is derived from…

Binghamton University students and faculty members will work with the Boys and Girls Club of Binghamton at an event Monday to spread awareness for underprivileged youth. The program is set to begin at 5:30 p.m. in Mountainview College’s Appalachian Collegiate Center, room 111, and is open to all staff and students. The Boys and Girls Club of Binghamton is a nonprofit organization that takes pride in offering a “positive place for kids” after school, during the summer and on vacations, according to the organization’s Web site. Moshe Roberts, a junior majoring in biology, has worked with the organization for two…

The Susquehanna Room will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. for students planning to vote on campus in Tuesday’s presidential election. The New York State Board of Elections Web site listed the Student Union Lobby as the correct place to vote at the time of print. According to Bob Brehm, the deputy director of public information for the New York State Board of Elections, the information on the site has been updated to list the Susquehanna Room instead. Mary Pines, the democratic deputy commissioner of the Board of Elections of Broome Couny, said only students registered within Broome…

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 22, 10:59 a.m. — Officers discovered a bong and a grinder in a room while investigating a fire alarm in College-in-the-Woods’ Mohawk Hall, said Investigator Dennis P. Bush of Binghamton’s New York State University Police. The officers confronted the 18-year-old resident of the room, who admitted ownership and produced a pipe and a small bag of residue. All items were destroyed and the student will be referred to Judicial Affairs. THURSDAY, Oct. 23, 2 p.m. — Officers responded to a report of the smell of marijuana in Newing College’s Broome Hall, Bush said. They located the room the…

The “freshman 15” doesn’t just apply to first-year college students, according to a Binghamton University faculty member. Alan Temes, a lecturer in the physical education academics department, said that the transition from home to school plays a part in the myth of the freshman 15. “BU students are bright and intelligent, and because school challenges them academically … they have less time for physical activity,” Temes said. According to Temes, the quality of the food students select while they are away from home also plays a role in subsequent weight gain. “Students are going for what is quick, easy and…

Once a wealthy frat boy at Duke University, now a peace activist in the running for a Nobel Peace Prize, the Rev. John Dear has made a name for himself over the years. St. James Church, located on 147 Main St. in Johnson City, will host a forum featuring Dear on Wednesday, Nov. 12, at 7 p.m. Dear, a Jesuit priest, will speak about his book, “A Persistent Peace: One Man’s Struggle for a Nonviolent World,” which focuses on his own life. Besides discussing his years as a young adult and his history with law enforcement — which includes 75…

Applying to law school can be a tedious and tiresome undertaking for many pre-law students at Binghamton University. According to Mary Daly, the pre-law adviser at BU, students need to concentrate not only on test preparation for the Law School Admissions Test, but also on working to keep grades up and meet all of the application requirements. Many of the pre-law students at BU start dealing with the admissions process from the minute they enter college, Daly said. The first and often most dreaded step of the law school admissions process is taking the LSAT. Not only are students required…

Tension erupted in the Susquehanna Room of the Old University Union on Wednesday when best-selling author Robert Spencer spoke to Binghamton University students in recognition of Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week. The speech, which was sponsored by the Binghamton University Zionist Organization, was held as part of the David Horowitz Freedom Center’s Islamo-Fascism protests. The Center sponsored a protest last year at 100 college campuses against the suppression of the film “Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West” at Pace University, and held similar protests this month at schools across the country. During the speech, Spencer explained his belief that various Islamic…