Fall 2016 Issue 14

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Insomnia Cookies to open Vestal location Late-night cookie delivery service to open before Thanksgiving, will deliver to campus Jillian Forstadt Contributing Writer

Simone Scheurer/Contributing Photographer Students and faculty shop at Binghamton University’s annual book sale, which offers over 10,000 items for purchase.

Bartle hosts annual book sale Three-day event features 10,000 books for sale; prices vary from $1 to $3 Peter Brockwell Contributing Writer

Beginning Thursday, Oct. 13, the Binghamton University’s annual book sale, located in the East Reading Room of Glenn G. Bartle Library, has been offering shoppers the opportunity to purchase classic works of literature, music and movies at discounted prices.

Each year, over 10,000 items are for sale, including novels, textbooks, biographies, cookbooks, CDs, DVDs

and vinyl records. The library receives these items as mass donations from graduating students, moving faculty and other public collections.

Throughout the year, the library can receive almost 20,000 donated books. A team of library staff members and workstudy students then comb through these donations, removing items that are deemed especially valuable for Bartle Library, either because they are not in the current collection or are often checked out by students.

Those items that are not taken into the library’s collections or put on sale are either recycled or donated to Better World Books, a charitable organization that sends books directly to developing countries or sells the books online to raise money for similar causes.

While the library estimates that the books on sale are worth about $20 on average, the books’ sale prices vary from $1 for a softcover book to $3 for

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Insomnia Cookies, a company which specializes in delivering warm cookies right to the doorstep, will be opening a store in Vestal this fall.

The company was created by Seth Berkowitz in his dorm room at the University of Pennsylvania in 2003. It has since expanded to more than 90 locations, many of which are located on or near college campuses. According to Maggie Zelinka, marketing manager of Insomnia Cookies, the new store will open in U Club Binghamton before Thanksgiving.

“We decided to open at Binghamton because there is a strong sense of community within the local population and student population,” Zelinka said.

The company offers an array of cookies, with popular choices such as chocolate chunk, snickerdoodle and S’mores Deluxe. In addition, they will offer brownies, cookie cakes and a variety of ice cream flavors with which one can make a cookiewich, or ice cream sandwiched between two cookies.

Insomnia Cookies will deliver to campus and to off-campus housing, within a radius of one to two miles from the store, which will cover some, but not all, student housing. The store will be open from 10 a.m. to 3 a.m. on weekdays and noon to 3 a.m. on weekends.

Patrons can order online, track their order with the website’s “Cookie Tracker” and expect to have warm cookies at their door within 30 to 45 minutes, according to the company’s website.

Even though the store will be new to the area, Catherine Castillo, a junior majoring in integrative neuroscience, said that she has had their cookies before and is excited for the addition.

“I never had Insomnia Cookies until last year when I went with a group of friends to visit Cornell and go to the gorges, and we stopped by Insomnia.

I had cookies there for the first time ever and I fell in love,” Castillo said. “It was just deliciousness happening in my mouth. I’m so [hyped] that it’s coming to Binghamton.”

Josh Normandeau, an undeclared freshman, said that he will welcome the familiar cookie company to the Binghamton area.

“There’s an Insomnia Cookies back where I live in the Boston area and they make some really good cookies,” Normandeau said. “Who doesn’t love cookies? It will be a great addition to [U Club Binghamton].”

The appeal of having cookies delivered any time, even late at night, is what Marlena Santos, a junior double-majoring in psychology and human development, said she is most excited for.

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Sierra Club president, BU seeks to expand research focus BU alum visits campus Faculty submit proposals for sixth Transdisciplinary Area of Excellence Aaron Mair, '84, became first African American president of environmental protection organization Allison Detzel Contributing Writer

On Thursday evening, Aaron Mair, the president of the national Sierra Club and a Binghamton University alum, delivered a speech, “Deeper Shade of Green: the Binghamton Intellectual Roots of an Environmental Justice Activist and Thought Leader.” Mair traced his steps from undergraduate to president of one of the leading environmental activist groups in the United States while pleading for the importance of a more dynamic approach to environmental issues.

Mair is the first African American president of the Sierra Club, an organization founded in 1892 aimed at education and promotion of environmentally friendly

policy. Mair described his journey from a working-class family with roots in social activism. His father was a labor organizer and he came to BU as the first in his family to pursue a college degree.

He graduated from the University in 1984 with a bachelor’s in history and sociology. After college, he focused on grass-roots activism and social justice, a journey that brought him to Albany in the early 1980s. It was there that his daughter developed environmental asthma because of a local power plant that polluted the air near his home.

“Having a clean, green place to raise my children was really important,” Mair said.

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Alexandra Hupka Contributing Writer

Submissions opened on Oct. 7 for Binghamton University faculty to present their proposals for BU’s sixth Transdisciplinary Area of Excellence (TAE).

In 2012, the University launched a new initiative to begin investing more heavily in cross-disciplinary research. The initiative includes hiring approximately 150 tenure-track faculty members by 2017 and steering committees to guide the hiring process. TAE steering committees, which consist of 10 to 20 faculty and administrators per area, recommend disciplines that would benefit from new faculty to fulfill research needs.

“The new TAE will be an area in which we already have significant

faculty strength, so it won’t result in large-scale hiring in the area,” said Provost Donald Nieman. “However, we will undoubtedly hire additional faculty to fill gaps and strengthen the area.”

Originally, there were five TAEs: health sciences, smart energy, citizenship, rights and cultural belonging, material and visual worlds and sustainable communities. Each TAE is composed of a group of faculty looking to share their scholarly expertise and to help guide research.

All faculty members are invited to voluntarily join any of the TAEs, provided their research is related to that area’s focus.

Carl Lipo, a BU professor of anthropology and director of environmental studies, is a core hire for the sustainable communities TAE.

Core hires are tenured professors hired to do research in an area that will both benefit a specific TAE and enhance the University’s research reputation.

“The idea of the TAEs is that they are going to tackle problems that cannot be solved by one discipline,” Lipo said.

Focusing on energy research, the smart energy TAE is a branch of study that has experienced an increased degree of attention worldwide in recent years. Wayne Jones, the smart energy steering committee chair and the chair of the chemistry department, said that it focuses on energy generation, storage and efficiency.

“The smart energy TAE is very well developed,” Jones said. “It is made up of a group of people with similar long-term objectives and different

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Photographer chronicles baseball in Cuba Through photos, Ira Block portrays changing culture of nat'l sport Amy Donovan Staff Writer

Emily Earl/Pipe Dream Photographer Binghamton University alum and president of the Sierra Club, Aaron Mair, ‘84, delivers a speech in the Admissions Center.

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Ira Block, a world-renowned photojournalist, spoke at the Binghamton University Art Museum on Thursday evening to discuss his new photo series, “Baseball in Cuba: A Photographic Essay by Ira Block.”

Block has worked for National Geographic for over 30 years, photographing people and places all over the world in countries like Mongolia, Iceland, Myanmar and Morocco.

The photography series, which is currently on display at the museum, consists of multiple shots of the different aspects of the culture of baseball in Cuba from children playing in the street with homemade baseballs to fans watching a local baseball game

in the stands.

Block plans to create a book of these photos and said that he wants to represent how much baseball is permeated in Cuban culture — the country’s national sport — and Block said that it’s something that everyone can relate to because of its popularity.

“I didn’t want this to be a book about sports,” Block said. “I wanted it to be more about culture through a sport, and the world of the professional players is a totally different story. This is more about the history and the culture.”

Block’s first trip to Cuba was in 1997 on an assignment for National Geographic and since then he has taken several more trips. Block discussed how baseball in the Dominican Republic has been commercialized with a number of professional leagues and United States

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Major League Baseball academies that scout Dominican baseball players.

“I wanted to document this part of Cuba before it changed,” Block said.

“It’s going to change when the U.S. comes in; Baseball is going to get more commercial, it’s going to become more of a business, but right now it’s still a pure sport.”

Block has donated more than $1.6 million to BU since 1999 and is on the board of BU’s Center for Advanced Microelectronic Manufacturing along with Gary Kunis, ‘73. Kunis helped fund Block’s trips to Cuba over the last few years and connected the photographer with Diane Butler, the director of the University Art Museum.

Butler said that she decided to put

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Library hosts annual discount book sale BOOKS FROM PAGE 1 a hardcover, while the records and CDs will be sold for a dollar each. Smaller, mass-market paperbacks will also be available at four for $1.

After operating with these prices on Thursday and Friday, the book sale will shift formats and become a bag sale on Saturday. Shoppers will have the option to purchase a tote bag from the library for $1 or bring their own bag of any size to the sale. They will then be allowed to fill the bag with as many items as they can carry for $5. Saturday is the final day of the sale, and remaining books will be donated or recycled.

Bill Palmer, a BU library employee and the coordinator of the book sale, began directing the event five years ago. Although unsure how many years the sale has been in existence, he said it existed when he attended BU in the 1970s.

“It’s important for us to get these books in the hands of our students,” Palmer said. “Because we have a lot of the classics here, stuff that we already have in the library collection but are classic in various fields and those can be very important to a student’s education.”

Any profits collected at the book sale are directly used for

the library. Under the direction of the dean of the library’s office, the money is used to purchase new books and editions for the library’s collection, as well as the different furniture that fills the BU libraries.

Marisa Bordeaux, a senior majoring in theatre, said that reselling donated books exposes shoppers to an unpredictable variety of works they may not find elsewhere.

“It’s a great thing to give books new homes regardless of circumstance,” Bordeaux said. “I know I don’t mind if a book is used or a bit worn.”

Book sale organizer Timothy Tan, a senior majoring in economics, said he hoped the sale would encourage shoppers to re-engage with the world of literature.

“I think the book sale reminds us all of the importance of books in our lives in a time where finding the time to read a book has been superseded by other distractions,” Tan said. He added, “I hope people try to come to the book sale and realize from their search through the multitude of books it is worth something — something that you don’t even know the value of yet or have just simply forgotten.”

The book sale will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday and noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday.

Katherine Scott/Pipe Dream Photographer Photojournalist Ira Block speaks in the Binghamton University Art Museum Thursday evening to discuss his new photo series, “Baseball in Cuba: A Photographic Essay by Ira Block.”

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Block’s photographic essay on display at the University because it may evoke the interest of a broader audience than previous exhibits have in the past.

“I like to do exhibitions that are addressing different constituencies,” Butler said. “I really hope people across the

University and community feel very welcomed here, so I try to do exhibitions that will appeal to certain people at different times.”

Casey Staff, a video producer for the University, said that she went to hear Block speak because she wanted to look at and learn about photography in a way that she might not be familiar with.

strategies.”

The health sciences TAE concentrates on biomedical engineering, industrial engineering, nursing and healthcare. Research conducted will aim not only to create new medical advances, but also to

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help increase the accessibility of these innovations for patients.

Research on how objects and images impact societies over time is conducted by the material and visual worlds TAE. This TAE aims to study the connections between human thought and human artifacts.

The citizenship, rights and cultural belonging TAE seeks to conduct research on topics ranging from law to race relations. It examines the everchanging landscape of peoples around the world, and how claims to rights and citizenship are challenged over time.

Lastly, the sustainable communities TAE studies the differences and commonalities

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between communities. Pamela Mischen, the sustainable communities steering committee chair and BU public administration professor, said that it also works to devise solutions to social and economic problems that plague neighborhoods.

“Our TAE is a very practiceoriented area of research,” Mischen said. “We are very focused on how we can use our budget to create more sustainable communities.”

The new TAE, whatever its theme, will be in an area where there is a passion from faculty in many different fields of study.

The University is looking for faculty proposals that address

broad, collaborative areas of research. The application indicates that strong proposals should be made by at least three faculty members from a minimum of two different schools.

“The proposals will be reviewed by a broad-based faculty committee that will make recommendations to me and the vice president for research, Bahgat Sammakia,” Nieman said. “We will make the final decision, in consultation with President [Harvey] Stenger.”

Proposal submissions are due

by Dec. 15. The final decision will be announced March 31, 2017.

President of Sierra Cookie Club speaks at BU delivery comes to Vestal SIERRA FROM PAGE 1

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from the experiences he made throughout his years of travels.

“Over all these years I’ve made a lot of friends, I’ve had a very rich life, I’ve traveled, I’ve met people and I’ve seen things that have been incredible,” Block said. “Baseball to me, and this project, is a result of all my experience and learning the last 35 years.”

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“I kind of wanted to come and see a different side of photography that I’m not used to seeing, especially the contrast of baseball in Cuba,” Staff said.

“How it’s different from American baseball assuming that, because there was an exhibit, there would be some big differences.”

Block said that this photographic essay stems

Mair stressed the importance intersectionality must play within the environmental protection community. Communities of color, like his own in Albany, and low-income areas bear the brunt of environmental degradation because they don’t have representation and the means to mobilize.

“The modern environmental movement, as you know it today, is anchored in all those movements of struggle,” Mair said. “In fact, its principles of nonviolent, civil resistance and engagement are actually borrowed from the civil rights struggle.”

Mair also pressed for an expansion of diversity within environmental organizations themselves. He is part of an effort to break “the green ceiling,” or the barrier to racial diversity within environmental organizations and agencies.

“Diversity is more than a number, it is also about bringing in that experience,” Mair said.

Mair stated that the solution to environmental issues can be found within activist organizations if they embrace diversity. He praised the University’s multidiscipline approach, and its “crosspollination” between majors, in addressing environmental and policy issues.

The speech was organized by the Office of Alumni Engagement and the College of Community and Public Affairs. It is part of an ongoing effort by the University

to bring alumni and students together.

Steve Seepersaud, the alumni communications manager, said that students greatly benefit from learning about alumni and their experiences.

“By seeing the accomplishments of our alumni, our students can see the tremendous value of a Binghamton University degree,” Seepersaud said.

Harold Jones, a sophomore double-majoring in geology and environmental studies, said that an inclusive approach will benefit the environmental movement in the long run.

“I think it’s great how he’s trying to really bring together a variety of issues,” Jones said. “It’s not just about environmental issues, it encompasses social issues. I think that will be really great in trying to get more people concerned about this.”

Hannah Elliott, a junior majoring in anthropology, said she was inspired by Mair and his accomplishments.

“I came here not exactly knowing what to expect … but this man, Aaron Mair, he’s an inspiration,” Elliot said. “People really need to start grasping these issues, because they’re really important … they’re lifechanging.”

Mair’s journey, Elliot said, left a lasting impression.

“Especially seeing someone who graduated from Binghamton and he’s the president of the Sierra Club,” Elliot said. “It’s incredible.”

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“I always crave cookies, every hour of the day,” Santos said. “If I could get cookies in the wee hours of the night, that will just completely make my life.”

Zelinka said that in honor of the grand opening, students with a “free cookie” coupon will be eligible to one cookie free of charge. Additionally, there will be a delivery deal that will be announced by the company at a later date.

If I could get cookies in the wee hours of the night, that will just completely make my life — Marlena Santos BU junior

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Pipe Line LOCAL NEWS Schuyler County DA assigned as special prosecutor in Debbie Preston credit card case Schuyler County District Attorney Joseph Fazzary has been appointed as an independent prosecutor in the case against Broome County Executive Debbie Preston, according to Binghamton Homepage. Preston acknowledged on Tuesday that she made personal purchases on a Town of Conklin credit card from July 2011 until May 2012, a period that spanned the end of her tenure as Conklin supervisor and the start of her term as county executive. Preston claims she paid off the credit card in 2012. The issue first came to media attention when an anonymous source leaked email documents that detailed the Town of Conklin’s efforts to have Preston pay for the accrued credit card debt.

options and many residents do not own cars. The additional struggle of finding a means of transportation to the grocery store has caused many residents to call for increased bus service or a change in rules by BC Transit. “First, bus service to the North Side during the day when much of this shopping happens was cut in HALF earlier this year,” wrote Binghamton City Councilman Conrad Taylor, a junior majoring in political science, on his Facebook page. “Now, folks are being denied access to buses on the North Side just because they had to buy groceries?”

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Police Watch Quite a Haul Monday, Oct. 10, 6:05 p.m. — Officers responded to a drug complaint from a resident assistant in Roosevelt Hall of Hinman College, said Investigator Patrick Reilly of Binghamton’s New York State University Police. Two 18-year-old male suspects were reported to be smoking marijuana in their room. When UPD arrived at the door, they noticed a strong odor outside. The two suspects admitted to smoking before the police arrived and turned over several paraphernalia, including a large glass bong, two torches, rolling papers and a black double-blade knife with a Batman logo. In addition, the suspects submitted 0.3 grams of marijuana to the officers. No criminal charges were filed.

Mountainview Menace Tuesday, Oct. 11, 7:18 p.m. — Officers responded to an incident of reported menace in the dining hall of Appalachian Collegiate Center in Mountainview College, Reilly said. The victim, an 18-year-old male, was threatened and verbally assaulted by a 23-year-old male while in line. The suspect was reported attempting to cut in front of the line because he believed the victim was taking too long. When the victim confronted the suspect, the 23-year-old male called the victim a derogatory term and rubbed his knuckles in his hands. The suspect told the victim that he could see his knuckles outside. The 18-year-old male victim felt he was in extreme danger and called UPD for a police escort. The officers spoke

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to the suspect, who admitted to the verbal assault and threat. The suspect was referred to Student Conduct.

Hall Hopping Wednesday, Oct. 12, 1:50 a.m. — Officers responded to a report of an intoxicated male in Broome Hall of Newing College, Reilly said. The officers found the suspect, an 18-year-old male, sitting upright in his bed. The suspect was alert and able to answer questions.

He admitted to drinking six to seven mixed drinks on campus.

UPD had dealt with him earlier that night in Rafuse Hall of Dickinson Community, when officers arrived at a party.

Harpur’s Ferry was called to evaluate the suspect but the male refused medical attention. Student Conduct was not involved in the case.

Pilfered Pumpkins Thursday, Oct. 13, 1:52 p.m. — Officers received a report of larceny outside of O’Connor Hall of Dickinson Community, Reilly said. The victim, a 30-year-old male, claimed that at least two pumpkins were stolen outside of his resident director office. The pumpkins were claimed to be about the size of a basketball and were allegedly stolen from the top of a haystack. There is no known suspect in the case and it is still under investigation. The victim told UPD that he wants to pursue criminal charges once the perpetrator is identified.

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ARTS & CULTURE Chat with Prof. Weil The first sit-down in a series of campus Q&As Gabriela Iacovano Contrubuting Writer

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Joseph Weil sits in his office in Glenn G. Bartle Library. Weil has been teaching at Binghamton University for 11 years.

Joseph Weil, one of the English department’s most distinguished professors, has been at Binghamton University for 11 years. Between teaching poetry and the occasional fiction class, he is a professor unlike any other. Weil is a genuine, funny, wise and loving man. He doesn’t hold anything back from his students. As part of a new series, Pipe Dream sits down with Professor Weil to learn more about this campus figure.

P i p e D r e a m : What’s something about you that no one knows?

Joseph Weil: “I’m shy. I’m extremely shy. I can’t even talk to the professors at the University because I’m always afraid. I get tongue-tied. I used to stutter when I was little. It’s because I’ve always felt self-conscious. I’m so much in my own head so when I would go to get it out it would come out all wrong. That’s how I became a loud mouth. Now I can perform.

But when I’m home my wife says, ‘You’re so dynamic outside and when you come home you just want to sit here quietly.’ You might as well hang me in a closet on a coat rack. My inner self is still a quiet and reflective person but I’ve learned to perform. Teaching is a type of performance. I’ve learned

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that I have something to say and I shouldn’t be worried how people would perceive me. Now I realize that if I kept quiet I was going to be quiet to my grave and I wouldn’t ever be able to get all the things out that I needed to get out.”

PD: What are you passionate about?

JW: “Painting. If I could I would be a tap dancer. I like musicals. I love vampire books. If something doesn’t make me feel intense, I probably won’t go anywhere near it to begin with.”

PD: What was your life like in your late teens, early 20s?

JW: “It looked like I was never going to be anything but miserable.

I mean both of my parents died. I had to work in a factory. I didn’t think I’d ever be a teacher or a writer. I wrote still but I did it to survive so I didn’t die as a person inside. I didn’t have many ambitions because they had been knocked out of me by circumstances. But I had a wild imagination. My parents instilled in me the values that you live for more than just yourself. I raised my sister. She was 13 when they died. I made sure we were off the streets and had a roof over our heads. When I was 18 I was being a parent. So I did my life backward.

I became more kid-like when I got into my 40s.”

PD: What got you to this point in your life?

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JW: “Passion. Caring. Wanting to get up in the morning. Helping others. I did advocacy for the homeless. Living for more than just yourself otherwise then you’re always thinking about yourself and that can make you miserable. I’ve played gigs as a musician. It was good. Fell in love. Got my heart broken.”

PD: Why did you choose to teach?

JW: “I didn’t choose it, it kind of chose me. Like I was just going on with my life, doing my own thing. Then someone quit this job, they didn’t think they were getting paid enough money. Someone said, ‘Joe, why don’t you take the job?’ and I said, ‘What do you got to do?’ and he said, ‘Well you teach a bunch of kids writing and you get paid,’ and I said, ‘Well that’s good money!’ I’ve been teaching almost 20 years now in one way or another but [at the] college, 11. I never intended to be a teacher. I never went through grad school being excited to be a teacher. I hated teachers growing up. I hated them because they weren’t ever nice to me. I never felt like they were being honest.

And they would get mad at you if you proved them wrong. I might get mad but I won’t penalize you for it. I’d just get mad because I have a big ego. At least I know.”

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Katy Wong with its dumplings. Vegans Contributing Writer can also enjoy the bubble tea options since the cafe uses a If you’re looking for a small, nondairy creamer in flavors like down-to-earth setting filled with black milk, coconut milk and chill music, an aesthetically mango milk. If you’re in the pleasing interior and an mood for something fruitier assortment of popular Asian than a cream-based tea, Novel snacks, the new student-run Tea serves different flavors of and owned Novel Tea Cafe at 20 juice teas, including peach and Hawley St. is the place to be. green apple. The dessert menu With a unique menu and includes authentic Japanese welcoming atmosphere, Novel ice cream with unique flavors Tea officially opened its doors including red bean and green tea, this past April. The cafe is lined plus Hong Kong egg waffles, which with rustic wooden tables topped are round egg-based waffles. with small potted plants and Cody But, a senior majoring high bar stools for seating. It’s in business administration, all overlooking a unique grass utilized his entrepreneurial wall with the Novel Tea logo spirit and his own family’s printed in bold letters, which background in the food industry is perfect for posting a picture to create the one-of-a-kind to Instagram. Each menu item restaurant, which he co-owns is handwritten on a hanging with his brother, Alton But, who chalkboard along with small, graduated from Binghamton colorful doodles of their snacks University in 2012. on the side.

The brothers’ main vision was Although the menu doesn’t to create an eatery in Downtown feature full meals for lunch or Binghamton where students dinner there are endless snack could socialize, grab a good cup options originating from family of bubble tea and relax after class. homemade recipes. The owners “[There aren’t many] things suggest that new customers try open at night being a student,” the bubble tea, which was its But said. “I moved here first original menu item along sophomore year … and then at

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Students stand in line at Novel Tea Cafe located at 20 Hawley St. Having opened its door last April, it offers an assortment of Asian snacks and bubble tea.

night realized there’s nothing basically to eat around here, so I opened up a small cafe eatery.”

But said that Novel Tea is also a popular spot for the Asian community in the Binghamton area to hang out while having a place to eat that feels like home.

They serve modern Asian snacks Downtown, while creating an urban-esque, New-York-City feel in the Binghamton area.

As a full-time student at the University, balancing academics

and a flourishing cafe appears to be a daunting task for But. He said that the key to surviving the balance is a “little sleep and a lot of coffee.”

But feels that his establishment stands out from other businesses in the area.

“We don’t really cater to a full meal,” But said. “It’s people that just want to hangout. At night, we’re pretty popular in the sense that kids in the area, kids in different student housings, like to come here to relax and chill.”

Novel Tea may be just a few months old, but its popularity has been spreading around campus and the community.

Although he’s graduating, But doesn’t plan to abandon his business anytime soon.

“I don’t intend to sell it because of how the school is growing,” he said. “The school wants to grow very big. There’s new student housing coming up and [U Club Binghamton] is building. I don’t expect to really stop.”

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The true State Street

LETTER TO THE EDITOR REGARDING CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM

Understand nightlife in all its ups and downs Sarah Saad

Columnist

Have you ever gone to Downtown Binghamton, sobered up and then seen the horrifying scene that is State Street? Through the screams of friends reuniting, the strangers making out in the corner of the bar and the friends dancing in the window of JT’s Tavern, it can be difficult to see the infamous stretch of road for anything other than a typical hub of nightlife. However, there is a whole darker underground world, a world that we seem to be suppressing.

We are told college is supposed to be fun, exciting and thrilling. We are told we only have four years to party, so we should be going out every night. But college is more than just that. It’s filled with exams, breakups, anxiety, stress, loneliness and much more. Sometimes we are aware, and sometimes we aren’t.

Sometimes we choose to talk about it, but most of the time we don’t.

On top of that, we find ourselves practicing disturbing habits. We are sleeping at 3 a.m., eating poorly, cramming in for exams and binge drinking on the weekends. Yet, within the realm of college, it’s the

norm and almost fun.

When I first came to Binghamton University, State Street seemed to be the happiest place. Whether it was 75 degrees or 5 degrees, people were joyfully scurrying about. My friends and I would get together and make our journey Downtown, dancing and reuniting after a long week. Yet, on occasion, our lives burst out of the college bubble in which they are so often insulated.

With time, reality set in, and the State Street magic disappeared.

Tears were more apparent, friends were less happy, but our habits did not change. The evolution of this once-magical place came to me as a shock.

Instead of taking a night in, you take a night out. When the anxiety sets in around a new group, another shot is taken. When the breakup hits you hard, you are found masking the pain with a fishbowl. When the person you have been seeing is caught flirting with somebody else, you begin to break down. When you remember that you just failed a test, you take another shot.

So what does it mean? That State Street is not just a place for the good times, but also for the bad? Is there a solution to this problem? In reality, I don’t necessarily think there is a solution, nor should there be. Going out should not be limited to those

who are happy and confident with themselves. If that were the case, State Street wouldn’t exist. Yet, we should recognize the duality found in this stretch of asphalt and the realities that come with it.

Most importantly, this means that we need to be good bystanders.

Our campus is a community, and our friends are our family. If we aren’t going to defeat the pressures to going out, the pressures to help a friend in their vulnerable time should be just as great.

It shouldn’t be the norm to see a peer crying, and keep walking.

It shouldn’t be the norm to walk by two people carrying their incapacitated friend home, and keep walking. It shouldn’t be the norm to suppress the stress of our lives with alcohol. We are here for each other, learning who we are and how to support one another. Yes, State Street might be the happiest place in the world. But even the happiest place in the world has some flaws.

Don’t let those flaws go unnoticed, and step in to ensure a healthy balance between unhealthy habits of a college student and the realities of life.

If there is one thing we can agree in the 2016 election, it’s that our democracy is rigged.

This cost of this election is on track be upwards of $8 billion – the highest it’s ever been. Most of that money comes from a tiny group of super-rich donors, but almost none from students, young people, or the vast majority of Americans.

According to the non-partisan Center for Responsive Politics, individuals in the finance, insurance, and real estate industries have already given more than $677 million to candidates.

What does this mean for the rest of us? Well, it means that the wrong voices are being heard. We need a democracy that is responsive to the interests of the people it serves.

Instead, our democracy answers to the political power of the ultrarich before it answers to the rest of us. If we want to solve problems like climate change, rising student debt,

mass incarceration, and growing income inequality, this needs to change. We need to prioritize getting big money out of politics and putting people back in. As students, we have a huge role to play.

What can we do? For starters, we can vote for candidates who support real solutions to big political money. One solution is the public financing of election campaigns, so ordinary Americans can afford to run for office without depending on mega-donors. Another is overturning Citizens United – the Supreme Court decision that allows corporations to spend unlimited amounts of money through super PACS. Now, I know that many of us are so fed up with electoral politics that voting doesn’t seem like an adequate solution. It seems like we’re in a catch-22. Voting may seem silly until we reform our election process.

However, it is unlikely that

this reform will happen unless we vote. I urge you to ensure that any decision you make about voting moves us closer to a fair, responsive democracy.

No matter what you decide, our involvement needs to continue even after this election. We need to continue advocating for a real democracy – writing, calling, emailing, petitioning, meeting with politicians, rallying, and using social media to hold politicians’ feet to the fire.

We need to do everything we can to support campaign finance reform and stop big money campaign donors from dominating politics and leaving the rest of us behind.

Whether that’s voting, holding politicians accountable, or raising awareness, we all need to do our part and get involved.

Join me – let’s reclaim our democracy.

Best Regards, Grace Clark

— Sarah Saad is a senior doublemajoring in human development and women, gender and sexuality studies.

Our country's duty to Syrian refugees Americans have a moral duty to cross political boundaries to help those in grave need Kayley Horton

Contributing Columnist

With the public eye glued to election coverage, issues that may have been overlooked in the media now take center stage. Specifically, the Syrian refugee crisis has given way to debate between both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton over how our country should respond to what is one of the biggest humanitarian crises in modern history.

Since the start of Syria’s civil war, millions of refugees have fled the country in search of safety.

Many have found refuge in other countries such as Turkey, Egypt and Iraq; however, according to Amnesty International, there are 13.5 million people in urgent need of humanitarian assistance within Syrian borders.

A common view among liberals is that our government should allow the refugees to seek asylum in the United States. Conservatives, on the other hand, believe that the United States is too full as it is and should worry about its own citizens before concerning itself with other countries. For many, the main reason for this mindset is the fear of allowing terrorists into the United States.

There is no simple answer to

this debate. While Syrians need the sort of help that America has historically provided to countries in need, allowing refugees into the country could pose a threat for the security of Americans. The question then remains, which of these arguments holds more weight?

U.S. safety should be a priority.

Inviting terrorists to seek refuge in the United States does neither the refugees nor American citizens any good. That being said, the vetting process for refugees is such that it allows minimal possibility for this to happen.

Trump, as well as many fearmongering Republicans, would have Americans believe that

immigrants as well as refugees do little other than hinder the economy and pose threats to American citizens. Yet, this is categorically untrue.

In order for refugees to be granted entrance into the country stringent background checks are placed on each person. Agencies such as the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, and the National Counterterrorism Center all take part in screening the potential refugees before they are granted entrance. All in all, the average screening process takes over a year and a half.

Despite allegations of inaccuracies in this procedure, it has proven to be very effective.

Since Sept. 11, 2001, over 800,000 refugees have been relocated in the United States. Of those, only three have been arrested for terroristbased offenses.

In light of these statistics, I do not understand how Americans can allow Syrian refugees to suffer when we have the capacity to help. It is not only our political responsibility, but our moral responsibility to respond to others in times of crisis.

In times of fear, people tend to make things highly political, seeing foreign policy issues as an “us vs. them” scenario. But these distinctions only serve to divide us as humans and that’s what we are above all else: humans. How can

we, as people, allow other people to die at the hands of war and strife without doing everything in our power to help?

As Americans, we have been gifted with freedoms unknown to many. I don’t know what it’s like to see my loved ones killed by militants or have my home ravaged, but I do know that others of my species face these very issues.

This is not an us vs. them debate.

This is a human issue that is within our power to change. There are political obstacles in our way, but these too we can overcome. The only question is, will we?

— Kayley Horton is a junior majoring in English.

Debunking 'fatphobia'

We must stop accepting the needless shaming of body image Emily Kaufman

Contributing Columnist

In a study conducted by Glenn Gaesser, director of the Healthy Lifestyles Research Center at Arizona State University, over half the females between the ages of 18 and 25 stated that they would prefer to be run over by a truck than to be fat. These shocking sentiments are far too common in contemporary culture — our society must change the way it views those who are overweight.

The simple Merriam-Webster dictionary definition of the word “fat” is “having a lot of extra flesh on your body; having a full, rounded form.” However, most people in our society do not believe that the word “fat” is merely an adjective like “loud” or “soft.” We are taught that “fat” is synonymous with “lazy” and “ugly.”

We are not born harboring fatphobic sentiments.

It is something learned through nurture, not nature. It’s in our magazines, our social media platforms and our TV shows and movies. Characters who are fat are portrayed in popular culture as the comic relief, the funny friend or the lazy one who won’t get off their friend’s couch and get a job.

Activist Lesley Kinzel describes

the common but inaccurate stereotype: “Fat people are lazy, fat people eat too much. Fat people never, ever exercise, fat people are filled with self-loathing and fat people are desperate to be loved.”

The “fat” archetype is not only overused, it is also detrimental to our society. It’s truly mind-boggling that a simple adjective holds such immense power over people — so much power that it actually brings people to the point of fear. According to a PBS survey, 81 percent of 10-year-olds are afraid of being fat.

In another study conducted by Gaesser, college students stated that they would prefer to marry an embezzler, drug user or shoplifter to someone who is fat.

These alarming responses to the surveys mentioned before illustrate that fatphobia is running rampant in modern society. The fact that college students would rather spend their lives with someone who is a criminal than with someone who is fat speaks volumes about what we have been taught.

Some may argue that one not wanting to marry a fat person is merely subjective, but this interpretation ignores the strong cultural forces that go into shaping this perspective. It is true that attraction is completely subjective, but when an entire group of people with a certain physical characteristic is discounted from what is

considered universally attractive, this is not simply preference. This is a form of prejudice, and we openly accept it because we as a society are undoubtedly fatphobic.

However, fatphobia does not only affect the way in which society views overweight people — it affects the way in which people view and criticize themselves. Eighty percent of women who responded to a survey in “People” magazine stated that images of women on television and in movies make them feel insecure.

Additionally, the multibillion-dollar diet industry profits from people’s insecurities on a daily basis.

According to the Clinical Psychological Review, citizens of the United States spend $50 billion annually on diet products. This is not to say that dieting is negative; it can be a positive lifestyle change for many people who aim to lead healthier lives. With the rise of the obesity epidemic in the United States, many people certainly should aim to have healthier lifestyles. However, the motives for people buying into this multibilliondollar industry are usually not based on health and well-being — they are based on an unrealistic image of what healthy is, along with the deeply ingrained fear of being fat.

Our society has an obsession with being skinny, which is seen as equivalent to being beautiful.

The strong dichotomy between

fat and skinny is present in almost every aspect of our culture. We must accept and understand that we possess internalized fatphobia, and learn that “fat” is merely an adjective — not a slur or a death sentence.

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— Emily Kaufman is a sophomore majoring in English.

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Staff Reports The Binghamton men’s golf team closed out its fall season on Tuesday, finishing 10th of 15 teams at the Connecticut Cup. After the first day of competition, which included two rounds of play, the Bearcats were also 10th. They were lead by senior Kyle Wambold and sophomore Jack Faraci, who shot 150 (+6) and 153 (+9), respectively. Rounding out the scorers for BU were

senior Sameer Kalia (157) and freshman Tom Mandel (158).

Binghamton had a combined score of 616 over the first and second rounds.

Despite recording their best score — 298 — of the competition in the third round, the Bearcats failed to move up in the rankings. Leading Binghamton in the final round was sophomore Zak Ottman, who tallied a 72 (E) and finished the tournament tied for 50th place (231). If not for a number of bogies toward the end of the round, Ottman would have had

an even better performance.

Wambold tallied a 74 (+2) in the third round. He was the top Bearcat finisher on the weekend, coming in 15th in a field of 87 golfers.

Boston College finished first at the Cup, with a total score of 888. Host team UConn was close behind, shooting 892, while Cornell rounded out the top three (893).

Binghamton will take the winter off from competition before returning to the green in the spring.

MEN'S LACROSSE Staff Reports The Binghamton men’s lacrosse team has finalized its coaching staff for the 2017 season. On Thursday, BU head coach Kevin McKeown announced the addition of Malik Pedroso as an assistant coach.

Pedroso previously served as an assistant coach and strength and conditioning coach at BirminghamSouthern College for two years. He was a standout attackman at Lebanon Valley College, where he served

as co-captain as a senior.

Pedroso led Lebanon Valley in scoring all four years he was there before joining the staff at BSC. Pedroso is also a Binghamton area native; he played lacrosse and graduated from Chenango Valley High School.

“As a former local standout, Malik will be a great addition to our staff and will be a big part of developing our relationship with the local lacrosse community,” McKeown said. “He will also make a significant impact with

our offensive players and faceoff personnel.”

In addition to Pedroso, McKeown has also hired assistant coaches Chris Cooper and Kyle Turri in his first year at the helm.

McKeown joined BU from Bellarmine University, where he was the defensive coordinator for two years. In 2006, McKeown graduated as BU’s starting goalkeeper and served as the team’s defensive coordinator for three years before becoming interim head coach for the latter part of the 2011 season.

Evan Cole Contributing Writer

Quarterback Start: Blake Bortles (JAX): Bortles and the Jaguars’ offense have underperformed in the first quarter of the season, but they have an opportunity to turn things around Sunday against a very suspect Bears defense.

Carson Wentz (PHI): Wentz has performed very consistently to start the year and should keep things up against the Redskins, who are missing key defensive backs due to injury.

Sit: Andy Dalton (CIN): Dalton, an otherwise solid quarterback, has struggled against very strong defenses. This week, the Patriots pose another challenge.

If you’re desperate: Marcus Mariota (TEN): Mariota is coming off a great performance against the Dolphins last week, throwing three touchdowns and rushing for another. He has a dreamlike matchup against the Browns at home this week, so he should be able to do whatever he wants against the worst team in the NFL. Running Back Start: Jamaal Charles (KC): Some

may be concerned about his small workload last week, but Charles should be ready to be the high-upside running back that he is known to be against the Raiders’ weak defense.

T.J. Yeldon (JAX): Yeldon looked great against the Colts in the Jags’ last game, and he has an excellent matchup in the Bears this week. He should see plenty of running room against a struggling Bears defense.

Sit: Rashad Jennings (NYG): Jennings is working his way back from a broken thumb and if active, he will take on a very physical Ravens defense. The Giants’ offense is a work in progress, so this is certainly a matchup to avoid.

If you’re desperate: James White (NE): White has embraced the role of being the Patriots’ passing down back and he has the ability to make big plays, especially with Tom Brady’s return from suspension.

He should get plenty of dump off opportunities this Sunday.

Wide Receiver Start: Willie Snead (NO): As the No. 2 receiver, Snead can get overlooked sometimes, but he’s an essential part of the Saints’ passing game and should be involved in what has the makings of a shootout against the Panthers.

DeSean Jackson (WAS): With Jordan Reed out with a concussion, Jackson looks to be the Redskins’ first option this Sunday. He will be particularly motivated to perform this Sunday against his former team, the Eagles.

Sit: Quincy Enunwa (NYJ): Enunwa has rightfully

generated lots of hype as a replacement for Eric Decker, but the brakes should be pumped for this week, as he faces an elite defense in the Cardinals.

If you’re desperate: Sammie Coates (PIT): Coates exploded for a monster game against the Jets last week and he has a chance to build off of it against an even worse Dolphins defense.

Tight End Start: Coby Fleener (NO): Coming off a bye, Fleener has some sleeper appeal, as he was dropped in over 20 percent of ESPN standard leagues in the past week. He should play a part in what looks to be a very high scoring game against the Panthers.

Dennis Pitta (BAL): With Steve Smith, Sr., and Mike Wallace injured, Pitta is suddenly the top receiving option on the team. He has the potential for a monster game on Sunday, as the Giants have struggled to cover tight ends.

Sit: Julius Thomas (JAX): Thomas is coming off of an injury and even before he was hurt, he was phased out of the passing game. To make things even less appealing, Chicago’s best defensive skill is covering tight ends, so this is a matchup to avoid.

If you’re desperate: Jason Witten (DAL): Witten has a chance to turn in a big performance against the Packers, who have really struggled to contain tight ends.

Witten is a top passing option for Dak Prescott and he should have plenty of opportunities for big plays.

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Women's soccer seeks second straight AE victory Eric Gaccione Pipe Dream Sports

After defeating Maine last weekend for its first America East (AE) victory, the Binghamton women’s soccer team is set to host conference rival UMass Lowell on Sunday.

The Bearcats (5-8-2, 1-4 AE), who sit last in the AE, will look to move up in the standings against the sixth-place River Hawks (4-7-2, 2-3 AE).

BU came out of the gate firing this year, matching its 2015 win total in its first eight games. Head coach Neel Bhattacharjee believes this initial success was due to the way the veterans accepted the younger players, both on and off the field. As a result, he saw improved performance and chemistry during games.

“Starting in preseason, the older players saw how hungry these younger players were,” Bhattacharjee said.

“They welcomed them in, realizing that they are all equal parts of this team, and we’re all working toward the same goal.”

But since their 3-1 victory against Temple on Sept. 11, the Bearcats have struggled mightily. Until finally coming out on top against the Black Bears last Sunday, BU was shut out in six straight games.

During that stretch, the opposing team averaged just under 13 shots a game, while the Bearcats recorded fewer than nine.

“We need to create more opportunities for ourselves on offense,” Bhattacharjee said.

“Our defense has been carrying the load for the past four weeks now, and it is time that we start giving them some insurance

by being more careful with the ball, making good decisions, continuing to pressure opposing defenses into making mistakes.”

When BU took on UML last season, the River Hawks outshot the Bearcats by a staggering 2310 margin. This season UML, which finished ahead of only Binghamton last season, has dropped three of its five AE matchups. The River Hawks are the only team in the league to have tallied fewer goals (9) than Binghamton (10).

To compete with UML, the Bearcats must increase their sense of urgency on offense, and take pressure off their junior goalkeeper Katie Hatziyianis, who is third in the AE with 4.47 saves per game.

UML’s biggest threat is junior midfielder Rachel Morrier, who leads the River Hawks with three goals and seven points this season.

Leading the charge for Binghamton will be redshirt junior back Michele Galvin to continue her impressive play.

The two goals she has netted this season have both been game winners.

“Michele [Galvin] often doesn’t get the credit she deserves for the work she does for this program,” Bhattacharjee said. “She’s played her heart out in every game we’ve had so far this season, and she is as hard a worker as anyone on this team.

We’ll be looking to her to get the offense flowing well and to create opportunities for herself and her teammates early on in the match.”

Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. on Sunday at the Bearcats Sports Complex in Vestal, New York.

Emily Earl/Pipe Dream Photographer Junior forward Ben Ovetsky scored the game-winning goal in the 80th minute against UMBC on Wednesday night.

Late goal lifts Binghamton over UMBC Ovetsky's tally leads Bearcats to first America East win Christoper Parsons Contributing Writer

With just over 10 minutes remaining in its matchup against UMBC on Wednesday night, the Binghamton men’s soccer team seemed destined for its third straight overtime contest. That is until junior forward Ben Ovetsky darted past the UMBC defense, struck the ball into the back of the net and handed the Bearcats (6-2-5, 1-0-2 America East) their first conference victory.

After his game-winning tally in the Bearcats’ 1-0 win over the Retrievers (4-4-3, 0-3-0 AE), Ovetsky is now tied with sophomore forward Nikkos Psarras for the team lead in goals with four. The match marks the sixth time this year BU has shut out its opponent. Redshirt

freshman goalkeeper Alejandro Cubillo, who was called on to make just one save, posted his fifth clean sheet of the season. “[Cubillo], the back four, and [sophomore midfielder Florian Orth] just keep getting better every game, and are growing in confidence,” said BU head coach Paul Marco.

BU’s defensive unit has allowed an average of 0.92 goals per game and has limited opponents to fewer than two goals since Sept. 11. Even though the game was BU’s fourth straight one-goal effort, the Bearcats are content with their recent offensive showings. “[Scoring] isn’t a concern of ours,” Marco said. “Obviously we’d love to score more goals, but I think when I watch the game I’ll be pretty pleased with

the performance the guys put forward.”

The true strength of BU’s offensive efforts lies in its ability to possess and move the ball.

“We were very aware and sharp with our minds as well as our feet,” Marco said. “We were outstanding — very useful with the ball.”

This combination of offensive discipline and defensive confidence has proved potent for the Bearcats, who remain unbeaten in AE play.

“This is perhaps the best soccer we’ve played in a very long time,” Marco said. “Certainly, all year, this is the best that this team has played.”

BU has struggled to get shots on net and finish plays in the offensive zone, which is something the team plans to

practice before it takes on its next opponent — New Hampshire.

Against UMBC, BU only produced four shots on goal. Which, in the competitive AE, may not be enough going forward.

“Anybody can beat anybody, on any given day,” Marco said.

As of now, the Bearcats, with their trend of poise with the ball and defensive cooperation, have put themselves in position to compete with the top dogs of the conference.

“We’ve got to secure [wins],” Marco said. “Ties will keep the league very tight, so hopefully we can continue with our winning ways.”

BU is set to continue AE play against UNH on Saturday.

Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Bearcats Sports Complex in Vestal, New York.

Bearcats fall to Cornell in five sets Without Ngo, Binghamton falters in nonconference match

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Rachel Tomei/Pipe Dream Photographer Junior goalkeeper Katie Hatziyianis is third in the America East with 4.47 saves per game.

UPCOMING GAMES Sunday, Oct. 16 vs. UMass Lowell, 1 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 20 vs. UMBC, 7 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 23 vs. Vermont, 1 p.m.

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On Tuesday afternoon in the West Gym, the Binghamton volleyball team forced a decisive fifth set for just the second time this season. After tying the match at five, the Bearcats (7-8) allowed Cornell to score three straight, losing its grip on the match and any chance of taking down the Big Red (8-11) in their final nonconference matchup.

Binghamton hit just .166 in the 3-2 loss, compared to the .235 mark put up by Cornell. The offensive shortcomings were due in part to the absence of junior setter Sarah Ngo, who suffered an injury last weekend against UMBC. She leads BU and is fourth in the America East (AE) with 581 assists so far this year.

Ngo is expected to return to the lineup on Friday.

The first four sets of Binghamton’s matchup with Cornell mirrored BU’s only other five-set match of the year: a 3-2 victory over UMass Lowell. The Bearcats took the first set in both contests; on Tuesday night they came out on top, 25-21, thanks to impressive kills by freshman outside hitter Lauren Kornmann and two tag-team blocks by senior middle hitter Bianca Anderson and sophomore middle hitter Gaby Alicea.

Just as they had against the River Hawks (0-4) at the beginning of the month, the Bearcats dropped the second and third sets to fall behind the Big Red, 3-1. Cornell dominated both sets, refusing to relinquish the lead even once. The Big Red saw three players reach double digits in kills; sophomore Carla Sganderlla lead the charge with 19 kills.

“Once we got down by that much, we just had to go point by point, ignore the score and

Emily Earl/Pipe Dream Photographer Freshman outside hitter Lauren Kornmann tallied a career-high 20 points against Cornell on Tuesday.

try to win the battle of that next point,” said BU head coach Glenn Kiriyama.

This is exactly what the Bearcats did, coming into the fourth set with a vengeance and leading by as many as seven points at times. BU won the set handily, 25-20, thanks largely to the contributions of Kornmann, who recorded 19 kills during the frame and a career-high 20 points on the match.

Heading into the definitive final set, the Bearcats hoped for a repeat of their final frame against UMass Lowell, which they won, 15-10. Two straight service aces

from senior defensive specialist Kasey Muchnicki leveled the score at five, but the Big Red took an 8-5 advantage on three straight kills and BU never came within two again. After two consecutive hitting errors by the Bearcats down the stretch, BU fell 15-9.

The loss extends to the Bearcats’ winless streak to three matches. They currently rank fourth of seven in the AE just under halfway through the conference season. Four of the seven contests left on Binghamton’s schedule are against squads currently ranked

above them in the conference standings.

In 2015, Binghamton clinched the fourth and final postseason spot in its last conference matchup.

“We’ve just got to try to improve in all areas,” Kiriyama said. “We’ve got to do a little bit better off the serve and scoring right away, so we’ll be working on our offense a little bit.”

Binghamton is set to return to the court on Friday against reigning AE Champion New Hampshire. First serve is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the West Gym in Vestal, New York.