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More money, no problem

To quote the movie “Boiler Room,” “There’s no honor in taking that after-school job at Mickey Dee’s, honor’s in the dollar, kid.” When it comes to professional athletes, there is no honor...


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Spring Fling to take main drag again

This Saturday’s Spring Fling will take place along “the spine” of campus, the central walkway, despite the administration’s insistence that it be relocated in order to protect new tiles laid there last...


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Bearcats make ripples in pro sports world

The past year in Binghamton University sports has been the year of the individual, spear-headed by pole vaulter Rory Quiller, who captured the school’s first-ever Division I national title in March and...


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NBA Eastern Conference playoff preview

Fans have have heard that the Eastern Conference is all about the Boston Celtics and Detroit Pistons, but the “Least” has more intriguing story lines than you think. Dwight Howard emerged as...


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BU experiments with new printing options

Students may see changes in printing toward the end of the semester. Academic Computer Services is planning to run an experiment: Installing a printer in the Glenn G. Bartle Library’s Pods that...


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Pipe Dream’s 2008 End of the Year Awards: Female Rookie of the Year

Since its inception four years ago, Pipe Dream’s Female Rookie of the Year has been one of the biggest indicators of an athlete’s success at Binghamton University. Winners have gone on to...


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VT memorial honors victims in acts of campus violence

University Police Lt. Mady Bay stood across from a portrait of a smiling Nelson Mandela last Tuesday and, choked up, asked students, faculty and staff at Binghamton University to lead lives of...


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Men’s lacrosse in overtime on Senior Day

If the Binghamton University men’s lacrosse team signed up for a reality show, the song that would play following Saturday’s regionally televised Senior Day matchup against Stony Brook University would have to...


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Skipping the Games is solidarity against a totalitarian government

The Olympics are no stranger to the world of politics. Olympic boycotts have happened before, and although some would say the spirit of the games should be kept separate from other affairs,...


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For law schools, state gives less to BU than Stony Brook

The 2008-2009 SUNY Budget will allot Stony Brook University $45 million for creation of a law school, and only $3 million toward Binghamton University’s proposed law school, officials said. The funding could...