Binghamton University’s Rainbow Pride Union will host the 2011 Northeast Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Conference, aimed at inspiring attendees in the LGBT community. The 2011 conference will be held from April 8 to 10. RPU is expecting nearly 500 people from at least 58 schools to attend. The Northeast LGBT Conference (NELGBTC)...
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and groups on campus are holding several events this week to promote women’s rights. A group of students will table in the New University Union to promote awareness about women’s rights during civil wars for a project assigned in the Causes of Civil War course at Binghamton University. A...
The brothers of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity will take turns rolling a barrel from Syracuse to Binghamton, raising money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Friday’s 88-mile relay marks the 28th Annual Keg Roll. The fraternity plans to start at Syracuse around 4 a.m. in the parking lot of a McDonald’s. From there it will...
Binghamton University’s president may be on the pathway to retirement, but BU Council is honoring her legacy with the dedication of the President Lois B. DeFleur Walkway. The walkway chosen to bear her name connects the Lecture Hall and Student Wing to the upper-level entrance of the New University Union, and is commonly referred to...
Using the phrase ‘one person’s trash is another person’s treasure’ as inspiration, a coalition of environmentally-friendly students will host a fashion show of clothes made entirely from trash. The first of its kind at Binghamton University, the ‘Trashion Show’ will be Monday, with workshops and shows starting at 6 p.m. in the Tillman Lobby of...
Portobello-dusted lamb tenderloin over a Boursin cheese polenta with a portobello mushroom and port wine ragu sauce ‘ it could be a dish at a five-star restaurant. But that recipe belongs to Hinman Dining Hall chef manager Sam Pfaffenbach, who competed at the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast Regional Competition held at Princeton on March 12. He...
April, a month when Binghamton University students see flowers, the sun and people enjoying life outside the dorms for possibly the first time since September, is also a month for alcohol awareness. Every year, the Thursday of the first full week of April is National Alcohol Awareness Day. The date this year was April 8,...
Kaskeset has been selected as the first Jewish a cappella group ever to advance from the quarterfinals to the semifinals of the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA) competition. The Binghamton University a cappella group placed second out of the eight groups at the quarterfinal competition, earning themselves a spot in the semifinals. The...
Binghamton University was placed on the 2009 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll and awarded with distinction. The annual award recognizes universities and colleges throughout the country for their commitment to, and achievement in, community service. This is the fourth consecutive year that Binghamton has made the Honor Roll, but it is the first...
Binghamton University students don’t have to look far to travel back to the days of Old Hollywood – Saturday’s University-wide semi-formal will be reminiscent of those times. The semi-formal, “Casablanca,” will be a night of black and white and 2-foot martini glasses. It will be held from 8 to 11 p.m. Saturday in the Old...
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