Shauna Bahssin
Copy Desk Chief
sbahssi1@binghamton.edu
33 Articles
Music
Jam out to Jay Som to get ready for Moefest
Indie rock is being taken over by women of color, and this year WHRW 90.5 FM has secured Jay Som, the stage name of Melina Duterte, a major player in the movement,...
Features
Libraries beyond studying
Binghamton University’s libraries: an expanse of literature and artifacts available for the education of BU students. To only use Glenn G. Bartle Library as a resource to take out the occasional book,...
On-Campus Events
Jay Som to headline Moefest 2018
In summer 2016, bedroom-pop songwriter Jay Som was touring with indie-rock musician Mitski, playing a short four-song set and only having released a two-track EP at the time. Less than a year...
Columns
University expansion leaves UCC behind
I’ve been coping with anxiety for so long, my anxieties have anxiety. Now that it’s the middle of the semester, let me share a small, accessible selection of issues I’m anxious about:...
Columns
Where #MeToo can succeed, and where it can't
The internet revolution of abuse-survivor tag #MeToo has led to a number of survivors coming forward about their histories of assault and harassment, but no high-profile allegation has affected me as much...
Music
St. Vincent digs deep on 'MASSEDUCTION'
If you’ve followed indie-rock musician St. Vincent’s career, you may have noticed that each album she produces reaches greater commercial success than her previous releases. Her self-titled album, which came out in...
Off-Campus Events
Binghamton is for artists
If you’re anything like me, you came to Binghamton University excited for your classes, the clubs you might join and, most importantly, the events where a Bearcat could kick back and maybe...
On-Campus Events
Library celebrates the 1960s
If you’re already in Glenn G. Bartle Library for finals week and looking for an escape from your studies, try traveling back to the 1960s through the library’s new exhibition, “Summer of...
On-Campus Events
Fetty Wap show draws thousands to Events Center
It was also toward the end of the set when, quite memorably for students in the front row, Fetty Wap threw $20 bills to any audience member that could grab them. ...
Theater
Former Bearcat and dancer Bill T. Jones returns for Alumni Weekend performance
Characteristic to Jones’ other work, each piece utilized repetitive motions woven into elegant, yet often frenetic modern dance, and each work appeared to have a political undertone to it — much of ...