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Colorado court favors gun rights on campus
The University of Colorado will soon make it legal for students and visitors to carry concealed firearms on its campuses. Binghamton University officials say they would be wary of imposing a similar...
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OCCT fire is one of four for bus company
Thomas Built Buses, the makers of the Off Campus College Transport bus that caught fire April 10, built three other buses that recently went up in flames. Within weeks of the OCCT...
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Mayor reconsiders cost-of-war counter
Binghamton Mayor Matthew Ryan announced Tuesday that he would reevaluate his decision to install a digital sign on Binghamton City Hall that would display the cost of American wars. The decision to...
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From zero to hero
So you are standing by the bar with your guys, eyeing up the hot group of girls in the corner. You’ve had a couple of drinks and are starting to feel the...
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Offense carries baseball to 13-10 win over Marist
The Binghamton University baseball team has been red hot offensively these last few games, and the bats did not cool off at all in Tuesday’s game as the Bearcats defeated Marist 13-10....
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We need progress more than ever; The new Justice could make it work
President Barack Obama has been given yet another opportunity to appoint a Supreme Court justice. Inevitably, there has been widespread debate as to who will replace Justice John Paul Stevens in his...
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Why go to class when the notes are on Wiki?
Academics, you would think, are totally above copying and pasting information from a lowly source such as Wikipedia. However, when I was reviewing a professor’s PowerPoint last week prior to a quiz,...
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In a slump? Go outside and play
The sophomore slump: It’s comfortable, slow and boring. My slump isn’t born of any inadequacies in my social life. Most weekends I find myself doing something slightly stupid or slightly childish with...
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Boys with tats can be hot
Tattooing is an art form that has been practiced for centuries — at one point in time the Polynesians painted their faces with pigment to make a religious statement. Now, this custom...
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Redefining ethics
We always assumed that ethics were measured by adherence to the general moral principles of justice and fairness. But maybe we were wrong. This newspaper has extensively covered Sodexo’s unfair treatment of...