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2006 changes to GRE test will double its size
Beginning in October 2006, graduate school- bound students will be facing a transformed Graduate Record Examination. In an effort to measure the skill, ability and academic potential of students more accurately, Educational...
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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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Swimming and diving thinking big this season
Coming off a season with mixed results, the Binghamton swimming and diving teams came into the year expecting a higher level of consistency and, so far, they are satisfied. The men, undefeated...
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The truth about cows
Writing a column every few weeks isn’t as easy as you think: trying to find time to write in my busy schedule, between making endless cups of cappuccino and ignoring my schoolwork...
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Torah is feted in celebration
Students gathered in the Mandela Room Tuesday to celebrate Simchat Torah, one of the more joyful holidays on the Jewish calendar. “We have a lot of different holidays that have different kinds...
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Exit sign damage causes fire hazard
At least a dozen exit signs have been vandalized around campus since the beginning of the school year, according to BU police crime statistics. “We go through a series of these from...
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Flogging the blogger
Blogs have become the preferred outlet for petty journalistic garbage for college students and liberals everywhere. I am a Democrat, yes a blue-dog conservative Democrat, and have been my whole life. However...