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So you wanna be good at poker? (sidebar)

Brent Roberts seriously took up Texas Hold ’Em in spring of 2004. That’s when he turned $50 into $1,000 in one day by playing cash games online. Through online play, a lot...


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The Tinsel Town blabbermouth

What you are about to read shouldn’t surprise you. Hollywood stars breaking up, getting married, denying gay rumors and (for some “stars”) succeeding in Germany should not come as a shock to...


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My kingdom for a sandwich

Eyes are rolling and toes are impatiently tapping as time ticks by. The minutes seem to be wasting away as class time approaches, while students take deep breaths of exasperation and wait...


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Why care that I don’t care?

Everyone needs to leave me alone. When I say “everyone,” I’m pointing fingers at anyone that feels the need to encourage my participation in campus life. It’s like listening to a broken...


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All in! BU student has ace up his sleeve

For Brent Roberts, winning $151,570 at a World Series of Poker final table — being the youngest player ever to even sit at such a table — was not enough. No, Brett...


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Women’s tennis to host Bearcat Invitational

What better way to kick off a fall festival of Binghamton University athletics than with an exhibition of perhaps BU’s hottest team? The first-ever Binghamton University “Bearcat Festival of Games,” which will...


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Next up for soccer: Boston University

The Binghamton men’s soccer team has rolled through its first two conference games this season, easily dispatching the Wildcats and Black Bears. But the road looks rougher ahead, as the Bearcats may...


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bar review

SUNY-Binghamton students have been raised in a world of monotonous drinking, where nearly everything they know draws them back to one familiar watering hole — State Street. However, outside the feeble boundaries...


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Anaphlaxis? Nuts!

I can understand the fanaticism some people have about nuts. I’ve been told many a time that I’m missing out on a world of deliciousness. True, I can’t quite make sense of...


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Boring Friday night? Let the volleyball team fix that

Who cares about Binghamton University sports? I mean, really. Today is Friday. You’ve spent all week waiting for today to come, and you’re not going to let anything get between you and...