Sasha Hupka

Editor-in-Chief

shupka1@binghamton.edu

173 Articles


Sex Issue 2019

Students value reproductive health confidentiality, but insurance plans pose challenges

When a student walks into a health care facility, they often have a choice to make — to use health insurance, if they have it, to cover the cost of their care,...


Campus News

Despite wind chills, University holds afternoon classes

Despite a petition and wind chills between 15 and 30 degrees below zero, Binghamton University will hold classes today. Although classes are canceled until 12 p.m. today, students with afternoon classes will...


Campus News

Government shutdown impacts research, resources

After 35 days, the longest federal government shutdown in United States history is over, but its impacts on Binghamton University’s campus remain. The shutdown, which began in December after Congress and President...


Campus News

Judge gives Michael Roque maximum sentence in Mountainview stabbing case

About six months after freshman Joao Souza was fatally stabbed in his dorm, former Binghamton University student Michael Roque was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison on a second-degree murder...


Campus News

Judge denies Roque's motion to withdraw guilty plea in Mountainview stabbing case

In a written decision following weeks of court appearances, Judge Kevin Dooley denied Michael Roque’s motion to withdraw his guilty plea. The document, obtained by Pipe Dream, states that Roque, 20, of...


Campus News

Senior found collapsed in dorm, dies at hospital

This article was updated at 5:06 p.m. on Nov. 13. A Binghamton University student died on Sunday night after he was found collapsed in his suite in Mohawk Hall of College-in-the-Woods. Albert...


Community

Broome, BU see high voter turnout, close congressional race

In an election that energized voters across the United States, Broome County and Binghamton University saw several parallels with other areas of the state and country. Despite rainy weather on Tuesday, voters...


News

Mountainview stabbing suspect retracts guilty plea, requests new lawyer

Former Binghamton University student Michael Roque appeared before Judge Kevin Dooley in court Friday morning and backpedaled on his guilty plea, which he entered in September. Roque, 20, of Massapequa, New York,...


Campus News

Sophomore dies of drug overdose off campus

This article was updated at 12:33 p.m. on Nov. 2.  Luke Stempa, the Binghamton University sophomore who was found dead in his UClub apartment in Vestal on Wednesday night, died of a...


Community

Paul Ryan campaigns for Claudia Tenney in Binghamton

Binghamton received a visitor on Tuesday as Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI), speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, campaigned for Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (R-NY). Tenney, who represents New York state’s 22nd congressional...