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SA disperses additional $200k to student groups, itself
Most student groups ‘ and the Student Association itself ‘ will be seeing a significant increase in their budgets after nearly $200,000 was released from the SA’s emergency account last month. The...
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Proud to be politically incorrect
Can someone please explain to me exactly when and how our society became so pitifully sensitive? When our Navy drops a barrage of cluster bombs on a civilian-populated town in Baghdad, resulting...
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Sobriety is not a license to drive like an idiot
During the mid ’50s, scientists were beginning to look at the idea of seat belts as a way to increase motor safety and prevention of death to people who get involved in...
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We've seen the last of great college basketball
Greg Oden and Kevin Durant have huge basketball futures ahead of them. Oden was so close to a national championship that he could smell it. Durant had a freshman year unlike anyone...
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Women’s tennis keeps on rolling
Zeynep Altinay hails from Turkey, but her mastery of the English language is almost on par with her ability on the court. ‘Our lineup is very, very strong, and now experienced ‘...
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Corruption in action: the fund-raising race
A lot of recent political blather has been centered on the record shattering fund-raising efforts of Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, and the relatively unimpressive financial performance of presumptive Republican front-runner...
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When it comes to life, is it the little things that matter, or the big picture?
I was walking on the Nautical Mile over spring break. For the non-Long Islanders out there (apparently there are some here at Binghamton), the Nautical Mile is a strip of restaurants all...
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Canning Don Imus the correct decision
Freedom of speech doesn’t mean you can say whatever you want. When Don Imus uttered the now-infamous phrase ‘nappy-headed hos’ over the airwaves, he made a conscious decision to simultaneously promulgate two...
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Golf preps for big match
The Binghamton University golf team’s Navy Spring Invitational tournament at the U.S. Naval Academy Golf Course, just outside Baltimore, was cut short last weekend due to snow showers that rendered the course...
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Game over for Pac-Man Jones
‘Your conduct has brought embarrassment and ridicule upon yourself, your club and the NFL, and has damaged the reputation of players throughout the league. You have engaged in conduct detrimental to the...