The end of the semester at Binghamton University can be a stressful time for students with busy finals schedules, but art students face tests of another kind. Alessandra Rannazzisi, a senior majoring in psychology, is active in Binghamton’s dance community and thinks dance classes are not “your typical finals week experience.” According to Rannazzisi, the...
New York state will be implementing a change to the fire code at the end of December regarding open flames, which could conflict with some students’ religious practices. Grace Hoefner, senior associate director for Residential Life, sent an e-mail to on-campus students on Nov. 30 informing them of the upcoming change. Like the current housing...
A packed theater and a night of laughter were among the many highlights of a comedy show at Binghamton University last night. Broken Lizard, a comedy troupe known for making the movies ‘Beerfest’ and ‘Super Troopers,’ performed about two hours of stand-up and improvisational skit comedy at the Anderson Center. By the time of the...
Former President Bill Clinton endorsed local Democratic Congressman Maurice Hinchey (NY-22) in his re-election bid at a packed rally Monday evening in Downtown Binghamton. The event, held at the Holiday Inn, was in support of Hinchey’s bid to defeat George Phillips, his Republican challenger for office, in the upcoming November election. The rally was held...
Binghamton University was one of four schools nationwide to have three students become PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) scholars, a distinction that gives minority students the opportunity to participate in an internship a year early. The scholarship application was open to all Summer of Discovery Internship (SDI) participants across the country. According to Emma-Anne Millard, the lead recruiter...
Students and members of the community will fill the streets of Downtown Binghamton with music, entertainment and food today at the third annual Communiversity Block Party. According to Jacob McNally, an intern with the Binghamton Office of Economic Development, this is the first year the Binghamton University Student Association has been involved with CBP. McNally,...
Students, University faculty, community members and local government officials are teaming up to create a more student-friendly neighborhood in Binghamton’s West Side. The West Side Neighborhood Project (WSNP) is a part of the mayor’s Commission on Housing and Home Ownership in April 2008. The WSNP looks to improve many aspects of the city’s West Side,...
College-in-the-Woods’ former Nite Owl is back with a new name and a lineup of specialty food items for those late-night munchies. Since its opening on April 27, The Woods Diner has seen several hundred students daily, according to Sodexo’s marketing manager Katrina Miner. The diner was completed in the time allotted by University administration with...
After constant resistance from administration officials, residential community government leaders have obtained permission to use their money to partially fund the paving of what is currently Mountainview’s dirt path. According to Jordan Stern, president of Mountainview College and a sophomore majoring in mechanical engineering, the first engineering report estimated that the maintenance and building costs...
Scheduling classes just got easier for Binghamton University students with the recent merge of BingBuilder.com and Schedulizer.com. BingBuilder, a Web site that provided BU students with a place to create mock schedules that best fit their needs, has combined with Schedulizer Inc., a similar program utilized by various schools nationally, because of technical and resource-constraint...
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