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Aging isn't a constant decline

It’s what separates us from cartoons, framed pictures and Will Smith. Yes, it’s the process known as aging. Unlike that sailboat painting in your dentist’s office ‘ and the Fresh Prince ‘...


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Disney movies have as many prejudices as they do morals

When you’re seven years old watching ‘The Lion King,’ you never suspect that those smart-ass hyenas with the annoying laughs and street talk are supposed to represent black people, or that Sebastian...


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Activity fee increase aids OCCT, company buys two blue buses

An increase in funding has allowed Off Campus College Transport, Binghamton University’s student-run bus company, to implement a number of changes, including the purchase of two new buses and a card-scanning system....


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Water Polo forced to practice at Community Center

Club sports teams are in the process of finding new practicing facilities due to the closure of the East Gym for the 2010-11 academic year. Club water polo team has been forced...


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Wait, does school ever end?

‘It’s your last first day! Aren’t you excited?’ The familiar voices of family and friends asking this question repeatedly on the first day of classes of my senior year of college still...


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EPA holds forum on natural gas drilling

The Environmental Protection Agency came to Binghamton last week to solicit public opinion on its study of hydraulic fracturing, a method of drilling for natural gas that has sparked a $1.9 million...


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Five-foot flower exudes stench in rare blooming

As the smell of rotten flesh filled the air, visitors lined up outside the E.W. Heier Teaching Greenhouse last Tuesday to inspect the rare source of the stench. They were waiting for...


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Police Watch: Sept. 21, 2010

TUESDAY, AUG. 31, 7:50 p.m. ‘ Officers responded to a fire alarm in Hillside Community and found an illegally parked vehicle nearby, according to Investigator Matthew Rossie of Binghamton New York State...


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Magrath paid higher salary than DeFleur, but less than peers at other schools

C. Peter Magrath, the new interim president of Binghamton University, will earn $355,000 this year ‘ $70,000 more than the salary of his predecessor, Lois DeFleur ‘ which makes him the second-highest...


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CDC to hold final session before fall career fair

The Career Development Center will host its Fall Job and Internship Fair Wednesday, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and students are already gearing up to attend. Jeremy Toulon, a sophomore majoring...