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Public display of affliction
Have you ever seen Pleasantville? In a nutshell, it’s a movie where siblings go from the 1990s to the 1950s by getting sucked into their television. Suddenly, they’re in a world mimicking...
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Beyond Katrina
Wajeeha Sandhu, Masooma Hydary and Christina Gallus at an event Friday geared towards raising funds and awareness for the Oct. 8 south Asian earthquake, which has killed over 80,000. Even so, few...
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Dowser’s Diary #6
Well, the day that everyone has warned me about has finally arrived. Senior Day. My last ever regular season game as a Bearcat. Apparently this is supposed to be an emotional occasion,...
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Billings signs NBA D-League contract
His basketball career isn’t over after all. Former Bearcat icon, Nick Billings, kept his dream alive by signing a contract with the NBA Development League. The contract guarantees that the 7-foot center...
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Plan may increase ATM access
Two years before their contract is up for renewal, M&T Bank is collaborating with Binghamton University officials to install more 24-hour ATMs on campus. The project, which could be completed as early...
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Experts ask students: depressed or just sad?
Contrary to what many may perceive as innocuous feelings of sadness, depression is a serious psychological disease that affects countless numbers of people each year. Unfortunately, many are unaware of the basis...
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Editorial: Move the pass/fail deadline
Friday marked the grade option deadline, the last day of the semester in which students could decide whether they wanted to take a class for a letter grade or on a “pass/fail”...
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Cinderella season comes to an end
If a more heartbreaking way to lose a game exists, it’s probably illegal, since the United States bans cruel and unusual punishment. The Binghamton University women’s soccer team (10-6-4, 5-2-1 AE) had...
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Crashed e-mail server causes headaches
A hardware problem caused periodic trouble for students, faculty and staff trying to access their Binghamton University e-mail accounts last Thursday through Saturday. “Whenever something like electronic mail goes down, there are...
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Professors worried; bill may limit speech
Who decides what we learn? Do students have certain rights in academia that should be guaranteed to them? What is the role the intelligent design theory should play in the classrooms? These...