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Stony Brook sweeps three game series from Bearcats

Despite strong efforts from its pitching staff, the Binghamton University softball team lost two heartbreakers in a three-game series over the weekend to Stony Brook, which was led by star sophomore pitcher...


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Binghamton senior golfer sets record in the final match of his career

Binghamton University’s golf senior captain Zach Vinal finished with a record-setting final scoring average as the Bearcats concluded their regular season at the Rutherford Intercollegiate Invitational this weekend at Penn State. Vinal...


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Graduate student organization elects new president

Next year’s Graduate Student Organization president says her goals include strengthening the ties between the organization and the rest of the University and fighting for graduate student rights. Jessie Kabwila Kapasula, who...


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BU ends regular season with with defeat to Concordia

The Binghamton University men’s tennis team (11-10) concluded its regular season this past weekend in familiar fashion with mixed results in the win-loss column. Last Wednesday the Bearcats traveled down to West...


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Democracy, whether they like it or not

A good friend of mine used to have a clever quote on his Facebook profile. It read: “Democracy is like sex. When it’s good, it’s really good. When it’s bad, it’s still...


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Friday night lights

For graduating seniors, the four years of collegiate bliss (or some facsimile thereof) are pinching to a close. Amid the pressure of those last few credits and the pain of waiting for...


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Golf places second at New England Championship

What do Tiger Woods and the Binghamton University golf team have in common? They both tried to make a move on Sunday, but came up just short, with second-place finishes. While it...


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2008 Coach the Year Winner: Mike Thompson

Some may think that Mike Thompson sealed his Coach of the Year award on March 14 when pole vaulter Rory Quiller cleared 18 1/2 at the NCAA Track and Field Championships to...


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For real people, there are no instructions

About a month and a half ago, a letter arrived in the Opinion inbox, which expressed a certain viewpoint on the state of the section. In a nutshell, this reader believed that...


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Men’s lacrosse holds on to snap losing skid

As far as the Binghamton University men’s lacrosse team was concerned last Saturday, the letter “‘V” no longer stood for Vermont. V finally stood for victory. After drowning in a sea of...