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2008 Coach the Year Winner: Mike Thompson
Some may think that Mike Thompson sealed his Coach of the Year award on March 14 when pole vaulter Rory Quiller cleared 18 1/2 at the NCAA Track and Field Championships to...
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For real people, there are no instructions
About a month and a half ago, a letter arrived in the Opinion inbox, which expressed a certain viewpoint on the state of the section. In a nutshell, this reader believed that...
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Men’s lacrosse holds on to snap losing skid
As far as the Binghamton University men’s lacrosse team was concerned last Saturday, the letter “‘V” no longer stood for Vermont. V finally stood for victory. After drowning in a sea of...
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Binghamton named 2007 tree city
The City of Binghamton is making great strides in establishing its place in economic and public sectors. Aside from being named a 2007 Tree City USA by the National Arbor Day Foundation,...
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Baseball takes three of four, climbs out of cellar
Corey Taylor’s grounder to short slipped between the legs of Maryland-Baltimore County shortstop Rich Conlon in the rain Friday afternoon at Varsity Field, giving the Binghamton University baseball team its first America...
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Mike Thompson has been a champion on all levels
Before Binghamton University track and field coach Mike Thompson won a collegiate national title, before he coached players at the Division I, II and III levels to the same, he rode a...
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Wireless at BU not encrypted
Every day, thousands of students on Binghamton University’s campus access the Internet, sending e-mails, posting papers and even buying products from online stores. But with the prevalence of information privacy issues at...
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Teachers, not athletes should be paid
Politics is filled with firsts. There’s Barack Obama, a man who is on the verge of becoming the first black president of the United States, Hillary Clinton who is attempting to be...
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With sin, casting stones
This column may resonate if second chances are something you believe in. If at this moment you are thankful for one, or perhaps a bit blue after blowing your second shot, nobody...
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One year later: BU to hold memorial for Tech victims tonight
John Taylor watched his son, a Binghamton University freshman, play baseball last month during a road game. “There was a big blue sky. It was sunny, warm. There was crispness in the...