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Comedians mock political extremes at rally

Three buses of Binghamton University students joined more than 200,000 people at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on Saturday to see Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert in their Rally to Restore...


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Zimpher's agenda the focus of SA conference

About 250 representatives from nearly all of the 64 SUNY schools gathered in Binghamton this weekend to meet for the three-day SUNY Student Association fall conference. The conference is a semiannual routine...


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Course to offer rare historical insight

A unique class detailing the native cultures, migrations and accomplishments of the populations of the indigenous West is being offered next semester.√† The course, titled ‘Indigenous History and Contemporary Population of Western...


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Pop is definitely bad; let's hope it's harmless

There is a radio in the bathroom of my all-girls hallway. It is turned on roughly 24 hours a day, quietly during the night time, but nevertheless in my sleep I can...


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Parties should be professor-free

A typical Halloween weekend. Binghamton students swarmed Downtown, taking the party from the bar onto the street. So far, a pretty anti-climactic story about my standard Halloween. That’s how I felt, until...


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Food and sex share common ground

From the hundreds of fad diets to the popularity of cooking shows to the celebrity status that some chefs have reached, there is no end to the ways in which food culture...


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University wins award for most donated blood in SUNY system

Binghamton University received an award Thursday from the American Red Cross for increasing its donations by 229 units, the largest annual increase in the number of blood donations out of all SUNY...


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State St. wasn't the scariest spot this weekend

Partying in the cold ‘ that’s what most Binghamton University students were doing on Saturday night. Even though it was 30-something degrees, people put on their costumes and headed to Downtown Binghamton....


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Study finds credit cards can lead to unwanted snacking

Halloween might be over, but health nuts should still beware. New research suggests that credit cards, more than trick-or-treating, can lead to unhealthy food choices. According to a new study by the...


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Men's cross country falls short of back-to-back AE titles

Last year, the Binghamton University men’s cross country team, led by then-junior Erik van Ingen and coach Annette Acuff, won its first America East Conference title in program history. After a 2009...