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St. Lucie salvo: arms and more arms

It’s mid-February, and for baseball fans that doesn’t mean a few more weeks of winter; it means warm weather, sunny skies ‘ in Florida and Arizona ‘ and spring training baseball. New...


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The better location to call home: Off campus

Don’t get me wrong, I liked the dorms. But please note the ending on the word ‘liked.’ That’s right, it is a ‘d,’ implying past tense. Dorm living is a bubble. While...


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Spring springs dreams of number 27

Are we ever going to get another championship? The first year I started watching baseball was 1996; after that I guess you can say I became spoiled. Bottom line, the Yankees are...


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Lunar New Year not made official BU holiday

Many Asian students will be traveling home this weekend to celebrate the Lunar New Year, which this year falls on Sunday, Feb. 18. Lunar New Year is an important holiday in the...


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Myths and Legends of BU revealed

Legends. Folktales. Ghost stories. Sounds a lot more like a scary movie than something you’d hear about boring old Binghamton University. But believe it or not, BU has plenty of creepy, ghostly...


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SUNY Smackdown: Bearcats vs. Buffalo

The weather outside is frightful, but with their team carrying a four-match winning streak into the last weekend of the season, Binghamton wrestling fans certainly have reason to be delighted. Not only...


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Kudos to Amaechi, but he’s no Jackie Robinson

All it takes is one. Sixty years ago this April, Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s color barrier, ushering in a new era of professional sports. But now, all these years later, stereotypes still...


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Bearcats attempt upset of AE leader

For a team that relies so much on individual game strategies and preparing so uniquely for every contest, a recent call from Mother Nature may prove to be the biggest challenge the...


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The dark dirty secrets of America’s game

Over the past five years, the NFL has seen such a big boost in popularity that if it played in any other country, the Bush administration would have invaded twice by now....


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What's the opportunity cost of your relationship?

‘The only difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs less.’ These are the words of Brendan Francis, published in ‘Playboy’ in 1985. Those...