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All about the green
The Binghamton Energy contest has officially been under way for two weeks. Why should you care, besides the fact that global warming has become a national epidemic? The reward for the community...
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BU alumna kicks off literary series
Binghamton Universty alumna Bobbie Ann Mason read an excerpt from her new work “Nancy Culpepper” to a packed lecture hall Tuesday night. The event kicked off the spring semester’s Readers’ Series. The...
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For the U.S. and Kurds, a time of reckoning
In the spring of 2003, when an American-led coalition headed into Iraq to topple the Saddam Hussein regime, the U.S. found an unlikely ally in the northern regions of Iraq. Kurds, who...
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BU’s deer population increasing, destroying Nature Preserve
Most people on campus have seen them at least once. They can be seen by M-Lot, in the Nature Preserve — anywhere except the interior of the Brain, the main road around...
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Kosovo rising
This past Sunday, nearly a decade after the United States and other U.N. countries intervened in Serbia’s ethnic cleansing of Kosovo’s predominately Albanian Muslim minority, Kosovo declared itself independent of Serbia. The...
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Too much at stake, no answer at hand
With the wounds of Virginia Tech still fresh in the college psyche, last week’s shooting at Northern Illinois University served as a particularly harsh reminder of what has come to mark our...
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BU swimmer named Most Outstanding Swimmer at AE Championship
It wasn’t the showing they hoped for, but the Binghamton University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams can hold their heads high as they return from the America East Championship at...
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New diamonds coming to campus
The Mets and Yankees aren’t the only local ballclubs with new venues in their future. The Binghamton University baseball and softball teams will receive new stadiums as soon as the necessary funding...
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Struggles continue for women’s tennis against UMass
It’s official: Binghamton University’s women’s tennis team is in a rut. The Bearcats lost their fourth straight dual match of the season on Saturday, this one to the University of Massachusetts, 4-3....
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Ron Paul redux
The Republican nominee for president has practically been decided, but unfortunately John “100-more-years-in-Iraq” McCain is not the best candidate that the Republicans could have chosen. They should have gone with Rep. Ron...