Emily Mancini
Contributing Release Writer
emancin1@binghamton.edu
37 Articles
Lifestyles
Get your out-of-shape butt down to the East Gym
FitSpace is also introducing some new equipment this year, including an Olympic Lifting Platform and Lateral X Trainer machines, which aim to strengthen the general student booty. ...
Books
A poet for the working class
Growing up in Brooklyn’s Linden Projects, Espada was introduced to political activism at an early age by his father Frank Espada, a leader in the Puerto Rican community and the civil rights ...
Books
Two worldly, wordy poets return home to BU
Binghamton University breeds more than just accountants, engineers and unemployment. We also breed poets, like Metta Samá and José Antonio Rodríguez. They presented their work Tuesday, April 16, as part of the ...
Books
Magic spells and camp hijinks
Bestselling author Meg Wolitzer spoke about adult sexuality, the struggles of adolescence, female desire and her upcoming book, “The Interestings,” in a lecture on March 19. ...
Arts & Culture
Putting the world to paper
Houston’s latest novel, “Contents May Have Shifted,” is a compilation of 144 vignettes, or, as Houston calls them, “glimmers,” experienced by a woman, not coincidentally named Pam, as she journeys around the ...
Arts & Culture
The five best video game soundtracks
Who could forget “Spyro the Dragon”? If you owned a PlayStation as a kid, you certainly remember trouncing around Spryo’s brightly colored world, chasing egg thieves and collecting gems with Sparx hovering ...
Arts & Culture
And I said what about breakfast at Rolando's
It’s hard to get a decent weekend breakfast on campus. The lines tend to take forever, and chances are you’ll buy more food than normal to make up for all that waiting,...
Arts & Culture
Finding solace in reading with Shields' new book
Combining dissonant elements of confessional criticism, painfully honest autobiography and artful observation, Shields ponders why we seek salvation in literature and how it can (and can’t) make people less lonely and life ...
Arts & Culture
Crafts were fair at Downtown craft fair
Friday, Dec. 7, marked the launch of Binghamton’s first ever Parlor City Indie Market and Craft Faire, where local artists had the opportunity to showcase and sell their original work. ...
Arts & Culture
Screaming Females: Ugly
“Ugly” immediately sets itself apart from the rest of the Screaming Females’ discography, from the clean-cut choruses of “It All Means Nothing” to the energetic crescendos of “Leave It All Up to ...