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The diversity that is Bing’s gay night scene
While the fraternity parties are winding down and students began the sloppy trek to the Rathskeller Pub and The Sports Bar, another bar on State Street receives notably less attention from Binghamton’s...
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RPU at XCEL awards
The recognition came during Thursday night’s XCELsior awards ceremony, but the Rainbow Pride Union’s achievements have been years in the making. For RPU Co-Director Carlos Ali, the awards represent how far the...
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“That’s so gay!”
Take a minute and think about these possible scenarios. Scenario 1: You and your friends are trying to come back from a particularly bad night Downtown. One of your friends lost money,...
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Reflections on the price of gas
Before I entered college, people would warn me that much of what I would learn over the next four years would be relatively worthless in the real world, outside of how to...
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BU graduate captures Golden Gloves in Syracuse
Two left hooks helped Joe Calvello, a 2007 Binghamton University graduate, to the Syracuse Golden Gloves amateur light heavyweight title he came so close to a year ago. Calvello, 22, defeated Joe...
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Next stop Tulsa: Men’s tennis prepares for the NCAA Tournament
Gathered around their shiny new America East Conference championship trophy, the members of the Binghamton University men’s tennis team eagerly watched as ESPN News unveiled the NCAA men’s tennis bracket on Tuesday....
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Zoning reforms caught at a standstill
Students living under R-1, R-2 or R-3 zoning on Binghamton’s West Side should not expect any imminent changes to the zoning regulations that render many of them law-breakers, according to a Binghamton...
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History repeating, and a nation sitting on its hands
Enslavement of men, women and children, torture, frequent rape, rivers of blood flowing freely in the streets of villages. These are some of the horrific images of the current genocide in the...
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Showing up is the first step
There’s always the chance that Tuesday’s forum between Binghamton University students, officials and City of Binghamton Mayor Matt Ryan could prove to be a fruitless discussion. The forum, which is scheduled for...
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Women’s tennis title run falls short against defending champs
The Bearcats won 13 matches this year. Fourteen would have made them champions. The Binghamton women’s tennis team (13-6, 4-1 America East) defeated the Hartford Hawks (0-14, 0-5), 4-0, and UMBC Retrievers...