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Mourners recall life of Decker student
By Andrea Boyarsky
A candlelight vigil was held last night for Dennis Jimenez, a student in the Decker School of Nursing, who was killed Saturday night by a Long Island Railroad train.

BU copes with traumas
By Nicole Sia
Oluwatosin (Tosin) Ojeyemi, the 20-year-old senior who fell from the Glenn G. Bartle Library Tower last Thursday, remained in critical condition at Wilson Regional Medical Center in Johnson City as of last Friday.

SUNY meeting eyes the world
By Matt Zeidel
Many State University of New York international programs representatives — as well as other ranking SUNY officials — could be seen yesterday in the University Union for “Enhancing SUNY as a Global University,” a two-day conference on expanding international studies throughout the state system.

Research finds pitch and speed correlated to age
Independent Florida Alligator (U. Florida)

Hepatitis bill passes for U. of Wisconsin
The Daily Cardinal (U. Wisconsin)

Libertarian speaker promotes drug use
Swarthmore Phoenix (Swarthmore College)

Evan Kestenbaum/Photo Editor
Students gather by the Academic Complex to honor the memory of Dennis Jimenez, a student who died over the weekend. Click Here

Photo by Justin Barbo
Skyline reopened last Wednesday after closing last year in December. The bar, now under new ownership, will be part of a larger complex set to open in Fall 2004, and will include an authentic Irish pub, a two-tiered dance floor, a rooftop terrace and a jazz/comedy club. Click Here

Homestand ends with a 3-1-1 mark
By Dominique Zino
It’s a good sign for a soccer club when a tie is a let down. Binghamton University rebounded from last weekend’s loss to Marist College with two wins and a draw against three non-league opponents.

Young team suffers at Northeastern
By Matt Powell
Binghamton University women’s soccer coach Jeff Leightman thought Sunday’s win over UMass would be beneficial to the team’s psyche. “This win should give us confidence and momentum heading into our America East games,” he said.

EDITORIAL
Come together

OP/ED
“The Truth” needs a reality check
By Jordan Shapiro

Government can’t pull funds from schools that bar military recruiters
By Corey Frampton

Civil unions aren’t a matter of faith
By Daniel Schwartz

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
• Israeli “fence” an affront to humanity