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Wacky weather setting records this season
An unprecedented array of unpredictable weather has been barraging BU as the final stretch of the semester approaches. At 9 degrees Fahrenheit, last Friday was Binghamton’s coldest Nov. 25 on record. Just...
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18-2 run propels BU past La Salle
She may be from Riga, Latvia, but after Wednesday night it’s clear that Laine Kurpniece has made a home for herself on the Events Center floor. The Binghamton University women’s basketball team...
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Office Space: Thank you. Come again.
When I first began visiting colleges as a young high-schooler, one thing was perfectly clear to me: Binghamton is in the middle of nowhere. How did I come to this conclusion? First,...
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AIDS awareness day hits campus
Binghamton University joined in the nationally recognized World AIDS Day yesterday. Events included tabling by the sorority Sigma Kappa Zeta, which distributed free condoms and pamphlets of information on HIV testing and...
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Hey Ma, can I holla?
In today’s relationships, courtship is a thing of the past. Only in very rare instances do we see a wooing period preceding the serious relationship phase. Has courtship come to an end...
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Where’s the Guinness?
The Irish Student Union sponsored a Thursday night concert by irish-American rock band Black 47 in the Mandela Room of the Old University Union. Tickets were $5 for students and $7 for...
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Sean’s Satirical Fantastic Four
The official attendance for Wednesday’s women’s basketball game at the Events Center was 1,718. I don’t know how accurate that number is, though. I counted 1,000 fans in the student section alone....
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Governor visits carousel capital
Governor George E. Pataki visited the city of Binghamton yesterday morning to join local officials in unveiling the design for the new downtown Education and Community Development Center. The new center, to...
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False reports of poison gas alarm campus
A carbon monoxide scare forced officials to partially evacuate Mohawk Hall Wednesday night, after a suite of girls reported feeling dizzy, nauseated and light-headed. But after checking the whole building, authorities could...
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Ask Sarah Thompson
Is there such a thing as good fats? Yes. Fats are an essential part of the human diet. They are a highly concentrated form of energy that the body needs for bodily...