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Can Shearer be the answer to Newcastle’s old problems
In the northeast of England today, an entire city is unified in joy. Newcastle, a city that bleeds as one for Newcastle United, just found out that Alan Shearer, a Newcastle living...
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Frisbee team put on probation
Club Sports put Binghamton Unviersity’s club Frisbee team on probation this week because of complaints about the team name: BBC, or unofficially, Big Black Cocks. The name “BBC” was created in fall...
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Capitalism, morals questioned
As I turned to The New York Times Web page (so much for print media), I saw a picture of the president and the first lady descending from Air Force One in...
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Tough loss to Danes for men’s lax
As the sun set over the Bearcats Sports Complex on a crystal clear Saturday evening, so did the chances of the Binghamton men’s lacrosse team winning its first conference matchup of the...
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Twilight of the American sitcom?
The golden age of the sitcom has ended. Within a few years, “Friends,” “Everybody Loves Raymond,” “King of Queens” and other mainstay sitcoms left the airwaves, leaving a trail of studio audience...
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Home split a step in the right direction for Bearcats
After nearly a month on the road, the Binghamton University softball team finally got to enjoy the friendly confines of the East Gym Complex this past Wednesday when it faced off against...
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A little frustration, a bit of luck equals fantasy sports
Yes, my friends, it is once again fantasy baseball season. And as anyone who read my column in early December regarding fantasy football knows, just the mention of dropped passes or missed...
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Protesters gather in name of education
BY MARINA GAFT AND TERESSA PACE The group that rallied around the fountain Wednesday afternoon had a familiar message for Binghamton University: “If you oppose tuition hikes, JOIN US.” Some passersby stopped...
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A firsthand narrative of Castro’s Cuba
Alina Fernandez Revuelta said she still remembers the day when Mickey Mouse disappeared from Cuba forever. Revuelta, a daughter of former Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, spoke to a packed lecture hall Wednesday...
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Calling all ‘Cats fans
So an epic basketball season is over and there is this lull over campus. Walking around campus, I see a few students still rocking the America East champs and March Madness T-shirts....