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City residents voice concerns on housing complex
The aesthetic impact of the proposed Downtown student housing project was the focus of a meeting Monday night at Binghamton City Hall. The public hearing was part of a weekly meeting of...
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Group takes to couch for meditation
The New University Union was the site for a group of students surrounding a saffron sofa and speakers blasting Martin Luther King, Jr.’s speeches on Jan. 27, all in an effort to...
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UPD: Vandalism in MSA office shows no connection with stabbing death
On Sunday, Dec. 13, a graduate member of the Muslim Student Association went into the organization’s unlocked office in New Union University room 308 to pray. What waited for him would not...
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Bing Bucket List
With the first week of classes already over and most of our schedules down pat, we are officially into the semester. And for some of us, it’s our last. Binghamton University may...
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Swimming and diving teams sweep Niagara
With only one meet to go before the conference tournament, the Binghamton University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams blasted past Niagara University on Sunday afternoon. At Niagara, the men defeated...
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The customer isn’t always right
After working for a year-and-a-half at Claire’s (you know, that little girls’ accessories store with way too much merchandise in it), I realized that we are largely a rude society, at least...
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Dangers arise when mixing drugs, alcohol
The typical college student goes out on the weekends. The typical college student consumes alcohol, often in large amounts. The typical college student is also prone to suffer numerous ailments that require...
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Changes to affect graduate entrance exam
Those planning on taking the Graduate Record Examinations in fall 2011 will have to study for a whole new test, as the Educational Testing Service has announced plans to dramatically change the...
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New Federal law is on the books, promising better prices for texts
Every new semester begins painfully. If you return the previous semester’s textbooks something never seems right — how did hundreds of dollars of paper devolve into $10 so quickly? Thankfully the government...
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Love it or hate it, ‘Catcher’ lives on
I remember reading “The Catcher in the Rye” as a high school sophomore, and at that time, it was the most shocking book I’d ever read. It’s funny thinking back to how...