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Never there when you need them
Sometimes, as a college student, you come across things you can’t explain. Whether it’s Oprah’s weight gain/loss, how much that kid from your discussion section can drink and still be coherent the...
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Let them eat cake, and play solitaire
My man Pete is really steamed about this whole ‘cops sitting around doing nothing’ ordeal. He fails to realize, police playing solitaire when they should be on the job isn’t really as...
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BU dominates in front of record crowd
The $4.2 million stage was set. The bright lights were turned on. And as a record audience of 1,862 attended opening night, a star was born. Newcomer Cameron Keith, a sophomore forward...
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Tasers on campus: a deeper look
Handguns, expandable batons and pepper spray are some of the hand weapons that Binghamton’s New York State University Police carry. This past June, the agency added the Taser to its everyday arsenal....
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The right to speak is the right to be heard
This past week, when Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came to speak at Columbia University, New Yorkers and image-conscious politicians conveniently forgot about a tiny little piece of writing called the First Amendment...
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Long journey for new Bearcats star
What do the New York baseball Giants, the New England Patriots and Binghamton University men’s soccer have in common? Multiple championships in four years. That being said, this year’s Bearcats were having...
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Youth is served at home tourney
Alumni weekend is coming up, but this may as well have been freshmen weekend. Things could not have gone much better for the Binghamton women’s tennis team over the weekend at the...
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Men's soccer sets for home opener
The kings can finally take their new throne. The Binghamton University men’s soccer team’s first match at the new Bearcat Sports Complex ‘ which, if it was built for anyone, it was...
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No love, no future for the liberal arts
While some of us enjoyed what may be the last bout of warm weather of the season, hundreds of our suited, sweaty and ambitious classmates made their way to the Old University...
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Art of the Bomb Scare 101
Freedom of speech is something we in student journalism take very seriously. Stupidity? Not so much. (However, silliness and gummy bears are welcome.) So when Massachusetts Institute of Technology student Star Simpson...