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Committee gears up for fifth annual Tour DeFleur

Members of the Eating Awareness Committee, Campus Recreation and Sodexo will host the fifth annual Tour DeFleur 5K race at Binghamton University this weekend. The event is raising money for EAC to...


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New No. 1 on the horizon in fantasy basketball

With all the commotion over this past offseason, the shaken-up NBA holds more surprises and disappointments for fantasy basketball owners than ever before. Countless stars on the move will give others a...


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Jaw-dropping research pioneered right here at BU

You’re a nice guy, but you just can’t get the girl. Ever wondered why? How about why the heck the automated call-center voice can’t seem to figure out what you’re trying to...


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Go anywhere, young man

When I left Binghamton the headlines weren’t dominated by the imminent collapse of the American way of life. Everyone expected that we Bearcats would shuffle into an apartment in Brooklyn, get a...


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Going home and getting lost

By MATT MENDELSOHN ’85 The mile marker on I-81 read ‘Binghamton 40’ and I knew it wouldn’t be much longer before Delaware Hall, that frumpy cell block masquerading as a dorm, rose...


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Police Watch- 10.9.10

MONDAY, OCT. 4, 10:41 p.m. ‘ Officers on patrol responded to a drug complaint in Newing College’s Chenango Hall after a resident assistant reported a marijuana odor in a hallway, said Investigator...


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SUNY of the Ivies

It all started with the Brain. The ring road surrounding and shaping the campus was no accident. The cerebral, upside down shape stands out in diagrams and models from as early as...


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Thinking back and to the future

‘Oh, I wish I was back in college!!!’ That’s what I said the first year after graduating, and maybe the second year, too. But three years later, there’s no time to reminisce...


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Grub, booze, music and good times, until the university stopped the fun

Ever crave a spot in the heart of campus to kick back and enjoy a cold one? You’re about 12 years too late. A desolate post office is all that remains of...


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Infamous alumni flunk Ethics 101

Binghamton has a ‘good’ reputation: Whenever I tell someone I went here, they usually say, ‘Oh, that’s a good school,’ and then there’s an awkward pause before we move on to a...