Spring 2018 Issue 23

‘Castle on the

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Thursday, April 26, 2018 | Vol. XCIII, Issue 23 | Binghamton University | bupipedream.com

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BU to implement new alert system, more cameras Stenger talks safety changes at SA Congress Sasha Hupka News Editor

Binghamton University President Harvey Stenger announced BU will be implementing a new campus alert system in a Student Association Congress meeting on Monday evening, . According to Ryan Yarosh, BU’s director of public relations, the Alertus Emergency Mass Notification System will work

Jacob Hanna Staff Photographer Students and faculty gathered at the Mountainview College amphitheater on Monday night to honor Joao Souza. The vigil featured speeches from Binghamton University President Harvey Stenger and several of Souza’s closest friends.

Remembering Joao Souza Sasha Hupka News Editor

Candlelight flickered over the faces of hundreds of students as they honored the life of Binghamton University student Joao Souza on Monday night. The students, holding red roses and gold and black balloons, listened as some of Souza’s closest friends shared their memories at a vigil outside of Appalachian Collegiate Center. Roughly a week ago, Souza, 19, was fatally stabbed in Windham Hall of Moutainview College. He was a freshman majoring in engineering and a member of the Zeta Psi fraternity. The vigil opened with remarks from University President Harvey Stenger, who expressed his condolences to Souza’s friends and described Souza as smart, caring and captivating. “I’m sorry that I never met Joao,” Stenger said. “But I know from all of you being here, and the many people who told me about him, that he was

Students, faculty gather at vigil in Mountainview College to share memories

someone special.” As students began to light candles, Oliver Schoenfeld, a sophomore majoring in art and design, became emotional while discussing Souza’s personality and his memories of him. “He wouldn’t want us to be dwelling on all the questions we have about his passing,” Schoenfeld said. “He would want us to be remembering all the good times.” Schoenfeld said Souza was his best friend. “I can’t put into words how much we’re all going to miss him,” Schoenfeld said. “[He] will always be in my heart as a friend.” Daniel Greenberg, a senior doublemajoring in integrative neuroscience and business administration, also spoke at the vigil. He said he was also friends with Haley Anderson, who was found dead in a residence on Binghamton’s West Side on March 9.

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in conjunction with the current B-Alert system to electronically message students about potentially dangerous incidents on campus. The change comes after last week’s fatal stabbing in Windham Hall of Mountainview College. The first alert about the incident was sent at 11:14 p.m., roughly 45 minutes after Joao Souza, 19, was stabbed multiple times and the suspect, Michael Roque, 20, fled on foot. The new system is currently being used at several schools across the country, including

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Campus finishes guidelines for health initiative University joins 50 other schools in program Conner Torpey

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Signs encouraging students to “B-Healthy” can be found at almost every corner of campus. From advertising the number of steps from Smith Hall of Hinman College to the Marketplace in the University Union or simply indicating where to find a water fountain, the signs are designed to help students make healthy choices. The signs are part of the Healthy Campus Initiative (HCI), a program Binghamton University began roughly four years ago and completed this past week.

The HCI is one of many initiatives offered by Partnership for a Healthier America, a national nonprofit dedicated to ending childhood obesity by working with the private sector. Its initiatives are designed to work in conjunction with former first lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move!” public health campaign. BU started working with Partnership for a Healthier America to complete the HCI back in 2014, joining over 50 other colleges in the initiative, including George Mason University, Florida State University and George Washington University. Colleges participating are required to complete 23 of a possible 41 guidelines to

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Students hold walkout, protest against racism on campus Demonstrators criticize administration, CCPA Valerie Puma

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In the drizzling rain, nearly 40 students gathered around the Pegasus Statue outside of Glenn G. Bartle Library to participate in a walkout against racism on Wednesday afternoon. Students silently marched across campus to take a bus to the University Downtown Center (UDC), where they were joined by over 60 fellow protestors. Hosted by the Human Development Emancipatory Activist Task Force (HEAT), the walkout aimed to draw awareness of racism on campus and Binghamton University’s response to several recent incidents. According to Sunja Joseph, a member of HEAT and a senior majoring in psychology, the activist group is composed of

students who are tired of the administration’s apathy toward issues that affect marginalized communities within BU and the College of Community and Public Affairs (CCPA). HEAT first began in response to incidents that occurred during this academic year, chiefly the discovery of multiple racist drawings in residential halls last fall and an incident in which students were threatened with arrest for unlawfully posting flyers in the UDC on March 28. “It created a lot of hysteria and upset among students of color who had legitimate fear over their living areas being violated,” Joseph said. “Since, nothing substantial has been done to make sure that our university is a welcoming space for students, staff and faculty of color. We [came to] the College of Community and Public Affairs because this school claims to be the college of social justice.” According to Kalissa Sawyer, a member of HEAT and a senior majoring in human development,

and voices by the University. Students had the option to place duct tape over their mouths as they marched. After walking the four floors, the group returned to the UDC lobby to commence a speakout, where students such as Briana Jones, a member of HEAT and a senior majoring in human development, were able to read open letters to Laura Bronstein, dean of the CCPA and executive director of the Institute for Justice and Well-Being. Bronstein was not present in the building during the event. “The original plan was to call Dean Bronstein down to listen to our concerns and hear our voices,” Jones said. “The fact that the dean was conveniently not in the building, and her door closed, Kojo Senoo Staff Photographer says a lot about her cowardice and CCPA students protest Binghamton University’s inaction regarding racial incidents on campus at the University her fear of her students and fear Downtown Center on Wednesday. of retribution. [Part of] what I the goal of the event was to vocalize within BU. The event included a to the fourth floor of the UDC, would have liked to share to Dean the silence, oppression, lack of silent protest of students marching meant to symbolize the silencing SEE PROTEST PAGE 4 action and racism that exists up the stairs from the first floor of marginalized groups’ concerns

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Earl Monroe talks Knicks at Greater Binghamton Sports Hall of Fame induction,

Softball’s losing streak extends to five with loss to Syracuse,

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Alertus to work with B-Alert to send emergency messages ALERT FROM PAGE 1 Ohio State University and Florida State University. It would consist of a button that dispatchers could push if a serious incident was reported to emergency services, ensuring the initial alert would be sent quickly. The first alert would only inform students that there was a situation on campus, but the existing B-Alert system would allow police and University officials to send out more detailed statements later, after they gather more information, according to Yarosh. “The new alert enhancement

will give very basic information alerting the community of a developing situation with information such as ‘Violent incident reported on campus. Move indoors immediately and await additional information,’ or something similar depending on the nature of the emergency,” Yarosh wrote in an email. “Once an initial assessment of the actual incident is made, more detailed instructions can be sent out, which is the current practice. This will be considered an ‘early alert’ and will serve as an initial advisory which will be followed by either an ‘all clear’ notification or, as stated,

more specific information and instructions.” At the meeting, Stenger acknowledged the new system may take extra training to implement. Nevertheless, he said he believes it is better to potentially have a false alarm than not send out an alert in a timely manner. Stenger also discussed adding about 350 new cameras to residence halls in College-inthe-Woods and Hinman College. Because these communities are made up of older buildings, they currently lack the number of cameras found in other living communities around campus.

“[The cameras] will match the current configuration of the existing residence halls,” Yarosh wrote. “[There are] still some details and logistics to be worked out but I can assure everyone that cameras will not be placed where privacy might be a concern.” Additionally, the University will be allocating more funding to mental health, peer education training and conflict resolution resources. Yarosh wrote Safe Ride will also see a boost in resources but didn’t provide additional details. Arleigh Wasserman, a freshman majoring in human

development, said she thinks the plan is a solid solution. “I feel like that’s a smart plan,” Wasserman said. “I was outside during the stabbing and what if he ran in my direction, what would I do? Having a blanket statement is better than people being scared for half an hour.” According to Talia Laserson, a senior majoring in human development, the new alert system will only be effective if the University strives to address its overall communication issues. “I think the quicker alert system is definitely a nice step

in terms of making the students feel more safe, but I don’t think it’s entirely a solution if they don’t follow it up quickly with details,” Laserson said. “If it’s not followed up, people will be a lot more scared.” Malka Chu, a freshman majoring in mathematics, said she thought the alert was sent out in a timely manner following the stabbing, but was still happy to see improvements being made. “I like the addition of the button,” Chu said. “I also like the cameras. I’m from the city, so I’m used to them being everywhere.”

Veteran discusses coping with PTSD Trips to Israel help veterans find peace Ciara Gordon

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In 2006, Luke Gaffney did not lose any men in his platoon while serving in Iraq as a captain in the Marines. But after returning to the United States, five of them are now dead because of overdoses and suicides. Accompanied by his service dog, Brutus, Gaffney spoke to Binghamton University students on Tuesday about how he almost took the same path as his men, and how a trip to Israel saved his life. The Heroes to Heroes Foundation, a nondenominational nonprofit organization, offers spiritual healing and suicide prevention by organizing trips to Israel for U.S. veterans experiencing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The program aims to provide a peaceful atmosphere for veterans by having them visit spiritual sites, such as the Western Wall and the Jordan River, so they gain peace of mind with the support of others who have served. Approximately 50 people attended the event, sponsored by Hillel at Binghamton’s Jewish Student Union and Bearcats for Israel and organized by the Jewish National Fund. Judy Schaffer founded Heroes to Heroes in 2010 in tribute to her father, who served in World War II, and to help struggling veterans after learning

that 22 veterans commit suicide every day. Her own experiences in Israel and the theory that faith has an effect on suicide rates led her to organize trips to Israel that would be a healing process for veterans. “People who are connected with their faith and attend any church, synagogue or mosque are five times less likely to die by suicide than the rest of the country,” Schaffer said. “Two hundred and nine soldiers and veterans have been on this journey, and thank God they are all still with us today.” Gaffney entered the program after his mother saw Schaffer on political commentator Mike Huckabee’s talk show and reached out to Heroes to Heroes about her concerns regarding Gaffney’s mental health and well-being. Before participating in the organization, Gaffney said his only reason to make it home was for his dog, Brutus. Now, after completing the 10-day trip and returning as a coach on three different occasions, Gaffney attributes his new outlook on life to his experiences in Israel and the other veterans who accompanied him. “If you take a walk through that country, you have such a hard time denying that we are spiritual beings,” Gaffney said. “It also put me in contact with a network of support and when I’m having a bad night I’ll send a text to one of my buddies and receive a response saying they understand and that’s enough.” Molly Heller, a Jewish

National Fund campus fellow and a sophomore majoring in theatre, said she organized the event because she wants people to not just thank veterans for their service, but also listen to them about their struggles after coming home. “It’s very rare that students get to have conversations with veterans and know what they’re going through,” Heller said. “We hear about PTSD and moral injury, but we don’t know the roots of it or where it comes from.” According to Ben Schafner, a junior majoring in history, Gaffney’s experience showed the importance of Heroes to Heroes. “I think [Gaffney] made the event very personal,” Schafner said. “It was very moving to have him get up and share his experiences rather than someone else just telling us what the organization does.” Gaffney said speaking was not easy for him, and got choked up when recalling past friends and incidents, but stressed that talking about PTSD is necessary. “Heroes to Heroes saved my life so any chance I can get to get the word out about it and help another veteran, I’m all for it,” Gaffney said. “The culture that I see today has a lot of misinformation about PTSD and it’s difficult living in a society that thinks they understand and they don’t. Speaking to a group like this is important because these are the next generation of leaders.”

Jacob Hanna Staff Photographer Souza's friends lit candles in his honor and shared memories at the vigil, which was held on Monday night in Mountainview College.

BU mourns Joao Souza at vigil VIGIL FROM PAGE 1

“I’ve lost several people during my time here in Binghamton, and I can say with honesty that it doesn’t get any easier,” Greenberg said. “When I lost somebody close to me, all but just a few short weeks ago, by the name of Haley Anderson, I struggled to put the pieces of my life back together.” Nevertheless, Greenberg emphasized the importance of moving forward. “While I may never be able to answer

that question, I can assure you that people who have passed would want nothing more than all of us to continue living our lives, in the best way possible,” Greenberg said. “By cherishing every moment, by appreciating every experience, by spreading love to those around you and by living a life that is worth living.” As the vigil drew to a close, Rabbi Akiva Weiss of Hillel at Binghamton sang a song in honor of Souza, and his closest friends released balloons into the clear

night sky. “If I could have the next couple minutes with him, I would just like to say thank you to him for the memories that he was able to have with those around him,” Greenberg said. “During times like this, you want to see the brighter things in people and you’d like to hope that there is still hope that exists in this world in a period like this, so I’d just want to say thank you to him for being able to provide that for all of us while he was still around.”

University completes health initiative HEALTH FROM PAGE 1 complete the program. BU’s completed guidelines include offering a bike share program, providing at least 20 different opportunities for physical recreation every academic year and developing wellness meals that run on a 28-day cycle. Cindy Cowden, the senior associate director of facilities and internal operations for Campus Recreation, said the main reason the University chose to adopt this initiative came from a recognition that healthier students are better students. “Students with a positive, flourishing health status have a greater ability and readiness to learn and be fully engaged in the educational experience inside and outside the classroom,” Cowden said. Erin Mahoney, a sophomore double-majoring in political science and environmental

studies, is a personal trainer certified by the American Council on Exercise, which is a nonprofit exercise professional and health coach certification organization. Mahoney said having healthy options on campus is integral to making the students she works with succeed. “It is so important for my clients to be able to make healthy choices outside of our training sessions,” Mahoney said. “Without healthy options, anything we accomplish during training won’t make much of a difference.” Mahoney stressed, however, that students need the ability to be healthy regardless of whether they have a gym membership or not. “With all the stress college imposes on students, it’s so important to both encourage and facilitate easier access to making healthier life choices,” Mahoney said.

The HCI certification itself is a guarantee that BU is a college campus that offers numerous opportunities for physical recreation and healthy eating. However, Cowden said Partnership for a Healthier America has allowed BU to work with those outside the realm of Vestal to further pursue their commitment to a healthy campus. “By joining [Partnership for a Healthier America], we opened up the opportunity to interact with counterparts from other colleges and universities to collaborate, problem-solve and share best practices,” Cowden said. Kayla Torres, an intern at BU’s Health Promotion and Prevention Services and a sophomore majoring in integrative neuroscience, said the changes from the initiatives are noticeable but may not be used as extensively as the University would hope.

“I’m an intern so I know a majority of the health initiates that are provided by the University, but I normally don’t see students utilizing them,” Torres said. “I think it doesn’t hurt to keep pursuing the goal, but we need to find ways to make it more effective.” Regardless of perception, Cowden said that the University will be continuing to work with Partnership for a Healthier America to create a healthier college environment both for the benefits it offers students and the potential skills it imparts. “Binghamton University has made a commitment to student health and wellness,” Cowden said. “It is both an institutional priority and a value-added component of the Binghamton experience. Regardless of a student’s academic major or professional plans, we want to help them create healthier habits for the rest of their lives.”

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New Dick’s Sporting Goods distribution center to create 500 jobs Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a Dick’s Sporting Goods distribution center expansion on Wednesday that will create 500 full-time jobs over the next five years, according to WBNG. The expansion will add about 245,000 square feet to the building, which will allow space for an in-house e-commerce fulfillment center. Dick’s Sporting Goods was founded in the city of Binghamton in 1948. Fire damages Endicott house A fire broke out in a house on Arthur Avenue in Endicott around 8:45 a.m. on Wednesday, according to WBNG. One person was inside the house when the fire started, but made it outside safely. Authorities said the fire started in the basement, but they are still investigating its cause.

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Police Watch The following accounts were provided by Investigator Patrick Reilly of Binghamton’s New York State University Police. Pickpocket in the Marketplace MONDAY, April 23, 2:25 p.m. — A 19-year-old female contacted UPD after her sunglasses were stolen from her backpack. According to the female, she was waiting in line in the Marketplace in University Union West when she felt someone bump into her backpack several times. When she turned around, everything seemed normal, however, upon arriving at her dorm room, she realized her Ray-Ban aviator sunglasses were missing. The sunglasses are valued at $150. Officers were unable to identify a suspect. Graffiti in Bartle MONDAY, April 23, 11:44 p.m. — Officers responded to Glenn G. Bartle Library after an unknown suspect vandalized a bathroom in the building. The suspect had graffitied the mirrors, walls and stalls with a black marker. The graffiti expressed anti-Nazi and anti-police sentiments. The bathroom was cleaned, and the case is still under investigation.

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Pipes and grinders MONDAY, April 23, 11:45 p.m. — Officers patrolling the Nature Preserve noticed a group of six individuals being extremely loud in the vicinity of the footbridge. When officers approached the group, they noticed a small flame and detected a strong odor of marijuana. The officers spoke with the group, and one person admitted he was in possession of marijuana and related paraphernalia. The other individuals voluntarily opened their bags, and more marijuana was found. Officers also found several pipes and grinders. The marijuana and paraphernalia were confiscated, and the individuals in the group were all given tickets to appear in Vestal Town Court. Charges in Chicago TUESDAY, April 24, 9:30 p.m. — A 25-year-old female contacted UPD and said she wanted to report a fraud. According to the female, while she was in the Fine Arts Building practicing the piano, she received a notification from her bank that said there were two suspicious transactions on her credit card. One charge was made in Chicago, and items were purchased online using her card. The other charge was from a clothing store. The female said she would speak with her bank about the situation, and just wanted to make to report it so her money could be refunded.

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Lecturer discusses link between IBM, Holocaust Talk continues debate on engineering school name Michael Levinstein Pipe Dream News

Edwin Black, author of “IBM and the Holocaust,” spoke in Lecture Hall 10 on Monday evening about the connection between the Nazi regime and Thomas J. Watson, the founder of IBM and the namesake of the Watson School of Engineering. Black, whose parents were Holocaust survivors, started his research when he went to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., and saw an IBM machine on display with no context. He gathered about 50 researchers to determine what the IBM machine had to do with the Holocaust, and found that Watson and IBM were heavily involved in the mass genocide. “The evidence was that Thomas J. Watson consciously micromanaged all six phases of the Holocaust from his offices in New York, and through his overseas subsidiaries,” Black said. Black argued that without Watson’s organization

technology, developed by IBM, the six phases of the Holocaust — identification, exclusion from society, confiscation of assets, ghettoization, deportation and extermination — couldn’t have been carried out as efficiently. According to Black, Watson and IBM worked to develop punch cards for the German military. These punch cards stored information by running them through a reader, which detected each row and column with a hole. Information on the cards included religion, gender, levels of health, location and occupation. Additionally, each card had a number — the same numbers tattooed on prisoners in Nazi concentration camps. The cards were used to track people and goods faster and more efficiently than ever before. During his presentation, Black highlighted documents and letters between Watson and highranking officials of the German military that implied Watson understood the mass genocide his technology was facilitating. Michael Harel, a junior double-majoring in history and psychology, wrote an opinion piece in Pipe Dream

Vicki Su Staff Photographer Edwin Black discusses the connection between Nazi Germany and Thomas J. Watson, the founder of IBM and the namesake for the Watson School of Engineering at Binghamton University. In 2001, Black wrote a book titled “IBM and the Holocaust: The Strategic Alliance between Nazi Germany and America’s Most Powerful Corporation.”

on Oct. 9, 2017, advocating for Binghamton University to change the name of the Watson School of Engineering. He cited Black’s book in his column, and Black said that Harel’s article was one of the reasons he decided to speak at BU. According to Harel,

Watson’s actions do not conform with the ethics taught at the engineering school. “It is custom to name buildings, roads, monuments and the like after people we idolize,” Harel wrote. “People whose actions we seek to

emulate and whose legacies we wish to cement into history. We must decide which values we stand for.” Cristian Valle, a senior majoring in environmental studies, heard about the event from Kelvin Santiago-Valles,

a professor of sociology at the University. Valles said the event was informative and helped him develop an opinion on the issue. “It’s pretty messed up,” Valles said. “I really didn’t know [about it] so it’s eye-opening. [I] would like to see it changed.”

Students speak out on campus racism PROTEST FROM PAGE 4 Bronstein would be, ‘I am a black woman, and I cannot dissociate myself from anti-black racism.’” Students in the human development program learn about racism, privilege and injustice within the classroom, but students like Serena Wilson, a member of HEAT and a senior majoring in Kojo Senoo Staff Photographer human development, said they At the protest, students criticized Laura Bronstein, dean of the College of need to understand that these Community and Public Affairs. themes are more than just theories.

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“We know the definitions and what it means theoretically, but what are we actually doing?” Wilson said. “These theories are based off of reality. We stand here as people of color and as allies. This isn’t a joke. Now is the time to do something. Lives are at stake.” A variety of demographics, ages and professions were present at the event. Students such as Abdul Waheed Ahmad, a Fulbright scholar graduate student from Afghanistan studying public

affairs, volunteered to talk during the speakout. “As a fellow student and member of this community, I would like to say that I’m inspired,” Ahmad said. “We should keep [our fight] rolling, whether it’s against [Bronstein] or someone else.” According to Sawyer, Bronstein has become an inadequate dean to a school that revolves around social justice, and speakers wanted her to know they were not going to give up their fight for justice.

“Countless times she has ignored her students within all the schools under CCPA,” Sawyer said. “She has interrupted women of color, she has claimed reverse racism and she has refused to show up when her students have gathered. She is scared because what we are saying and what we are demanding is fulfilling the purpose of what social justice truly is. It is not enough to hide under [the title] of this school and pretend to be an activist.”

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'Castle on the Hill' tells stories of State Hospital patients The play explores mental health and local history Sarah Buerker Staff Writer

“Castle on the Hill,” the last Mainstage play of the semester, addresses the history of mental health treatment through the lens of a chapter of the Binghamton area’s history. The Binghamton State Hospital, which opened its doors in 1864 at 125 Robinson St., was the nation’s first institution constructed to treat alcoholism as a mental disorder. The playwright and director of the show, Elizabeth Mozer, an assistant professor of theatre at BU, adapted the play from her one-woman show, “The Asylum Project,” which is set at this historic site. “It’s so interesting, this idea of what we consider acceptable at any time in our culture from time period to time period,” Mozer said. “When we look at this [idea], it helps us reflect on our own time period and what kind of people or actions or behavior we are ostracizing or marginalizing and determining as an illness when it may not be an illness at all.” “Castle on the Hill” revolves around the lives of Agnes and Lina, two women who are faced with confronting their inner demons at the asylum. Set in two different time periods, the audience sees the

ways in which these characters’ respective eras affect how they unpack their issues — but even more conspicuously, the things the women have in common. Agnes, played by Margaret Leisenheimer, a junior majoring in theatre, is a Polish immigrant living in the 1920s who becomes a patient at the asylum. Lina, played by Christine Skorupa, a sophomore majoring in theatre, is a woman undergoing psychotherapy treatment in the city of Binghamton in the 1970s and is grappling with the death her mother, whom she never met. “I think my character really brings such a new face to determination and the importance of, as cliche as it sounds, the importance of love,” Skorupa said. “I think she carries a message of determination and such groundedness in that … there’s such a mystery surrounding her past and through all of this determination, she benefits from it.” While the main plot follows Agnes and Lina, a part of the show’s narrative is composed of a series of shorter, individual stories that contextualize different patients’ paths to the Binghamton State Hospital. “We get to hear more stories from people who are generally considered outsiders,” Mozer said. “I was able to use pretty much all of the same text [from “The Asylum Project”] and interweave it into this

Night of Noise to end Day of Silence RPU will host LGBTQ prom on Friday night James Tlsty

Contributing Writer

This Friday, Binghamton University’s Rainbow Pride Union (RPU) invites LGBTQ students and allies to take an oath of silence during the day — and erupt in celebration at night. RPU will be recognizing the National Day of Silence, an occasion that tasks participants with taking a vow of silence for the entirety of the day as an opportunity to stand in solidarity against LGBTQ oppression and marginalization. In the evening, BU participants will break their oath in unison at the Night of Noise, an LGBTQ prom, which is a safe space to dress up and celebrate with their date, regardless of gender or sexual orientation. Brandon Bocanumenth, director of RPU, operations manager for the Q Center and a senior majoring in psychology, said he hopes that both the Day of Silence and the Night of Noise inspire students. “The goal [is] to make people feel more comfortable and safe,” Bocanumenth said. “Especially with our events showing that there’s resources on campus, like the LGBTQ Center, SHADES and Rainbow Pride Union, that [LGBTQ students] can turn to.” RPU hopes to not only see support from LGBTQ students, but also LGBTQ allies. Addressing the campus response to a homophobic article in the Binghamton Review, Bocanumenth said student organizations demonstrated strong support from BU’s student body, and hoped this support would carry over to the events this Friday. “[The response from that article] showed how much support the [LGBTQ] community had … immediately every other [organization] was like, ‘This is where we draw the line,’” he said. “It was cool because it [didn’t have to be] an LGBTQ organization that started [the response] … it was every other

multicultural organization that stood up for us … we have allies in the community, so that’s pretty cool.” The Night of Noise will be a celebratory occasion following the Day of Silence with free food, DJs, performances and photo opportunities that rival any traditional prom. Night of Noise will emphasize selfexpression, encouraging individuals to take whomever they want and dress however they feel comfortable, with the tagline, “Dress to impress in whatever makes you feel best.” Bocanumenth said that the Night of Noise is an opportunity for many LGBTQ students to revisit prom, a sensitive period of high school, without the same social pressures to take a date of a specific gender. “Prom is, like, a big thing … we wanted to throw a prom just so [LGBTQ people] who missed out on that opportunity can do it again and really feel like they got the prom they deserved,” he said. “It’s semiformal — formal optional. We tell people that, but [it’s] whatever they wanna wear that they feel comfortable in.” Night of Noise will also have a $3 suggested donation, with any proceeds going to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Bocanumenth said the decision felt fitting, considering the circumstances of the Day of Silence. “The LGBTQ community, especially LGBTQ people of color, have a higher prevalence of suicide rates,” he said. “Especially on Day of Silence, when it’s focused on how people [are prevented] from being themselves, we thought it was important to donate to suicide awareness.” Although the event confronts serious subject matter, Night of Noise is intended to be a heartfelt celebration for LGBTQ community members and allies. Bocanumenth said the opportunity to celebrate after an extended period of silence is deeply satisfying. “After not talking the whole day, I’m, like, spewing things out,” Bocanumenth said. “I’m really excited and I hope people have a lot of fun.”

new play. The ending’s different. I’ve added scenes. In the play, as you’ll see, there are these rooms with silhouettes where you see patients. And you just see their physical activity, so it’s a lot of physical text that we’re viewing.” From “The Asylum Project,” this new play has been adapted so a cast of 12 actors play a total of 22 characters portrayed on stage, including anonymous patients, a nurse, an attendant, family members of the patients, a transgender man, a sexual assault survivor and a deaf woman. Throughout the rehearsal process, the actors conducted their own extensive research to better understand the experiences of those struggling with mental illness, as well as topics like World War I and immigration in the United States. “It’s been such an honor and a privilege to get to tell their stories,” Leisenheimer said. “I remember sitting in the library — we had gotten some articles about Agnes that had been sent. An article had been written about her in People magazine. I broke down crying. I’m sitting in the middle of the PODS, sobbing. It was a really funny moment for me to realize how invested I was, that I didn’t care that I was bawling in the middle of the library. It was a very humbling experience to get to share these stories with people.” By shedding light on mental illness and portraying a roster of characters based on real patients,

Kevin Paredes Photography Editor Agnes, played by Margaret Leisenheimer, a junior majoring in theatre, in a scene from “Castle on the Hill.” The show, which opens on April 27, is written and directed by Elizabeth Mozer, an assistant professor of theatre at BU.

Mozer said said she hopes to highlight past and present perceptions people hold over those deemed unfit to function in society. “I’m just really hoping that the conversation can remain open, that we can look at how we can support each other,” Mozer said. “Our own personal mental health and those

who might need more assistance, and how our campus itself can progress in that area.” “Castle on the Hill” runs in Watters Theater in the Anderson Center on April 27, 28 and May 4 at 8 p.m., with matinee performances on April 29 and May 6 at 2 p.m. On April 29 and May 4, there

will be postshow talkbacks with the audience, Mozer and the cast. Tickets are $18 for general admission, $16 for alumni, faculty, staff and seniors and $10 for students. Discounted student tickets are available for $5 at the Anderson Center Box Office for the Friday, April 27 performance.

SPRING DRINK RECIPES

Whether you’re soaking up the sun at one of the last day drinks of the year or relaxing after your last final exam a few weeks Melanie Gulbas from now, you’ll need something to cool you off, and a sweet Staff Writer drink is the perfect treat. These recipes are quick to make, and not only do they taste amazing, but they’re perfect for Snapchatting to your bestie locked in the library.

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This simple drink looks as perfect as the first warm days feel.

This drink is known for the hangovers it causes, but it’s too sweet to pass up when it finally gets hot.

Ingredients:

Ingredients:

— 2 ounces tequila — 4 ounces orange juice — ¾ ounce grenadine — Orange slices — Maraschino cherries

Directions:

1. Pour tequila into a tall glass filled with ice. 2. Top with fresh orange juice and slowly pour grenadine down the inner walls of the glass so it sinks to the bottom. 3. Garnish with an orange slice and a cherry. Recipe adapted from Genius Kitchen

Long Island

— Ice cubes — 1 1/2 ounces vodka — 1 1/2 ounces peach schnapps — 5 ounces cranberry juice — 5 ounces orange juice — Dash of fresh-squeezed lemon juice — Lemon slices — Maraschino cherries — Mint leaves

Directions:

1. Fill two chilled glasses with ice cubes. 2. Fill a cocktail shaker with vodka, peach schnapps and lemon juice and shake vigorously. 3. Pour the mixture into a pitcher and stir well. 4. Divide the drink between two glasses. 5. Top off each glass with cranberry and orange juice. 6. Add a slice of lemon and a few cherries to each glass and decorate with fresh mint leaves. Recipe adapted from wikiHow

Iced Tea This drink is a step up from the classic Twisted Tea — and much prettier.

Ingredients:

— Ice cubes — 1 ounce vodka — 1 ounce white rum — 1 ounce white tequila — 1 ounce gin — ½ ounce triple sec — ½ cup cola — 2 tablespoons fresh-squeezed lemon juice — Lemon wedges

Directions:

1. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice and then pour the vodka, rum, white tequila, gin, triple sec and lemon juice into the shaker. 2. Cover the shaker and shake until well-mixed. 3. Pour the mixture into glasses and top off with the cola. 4. Garnish the glasses with lemon wedges. Recipe adapted from the Food Network

Frozen Strawberry

Daiquiri Think pink with a frozen strawberry daiquiri that screams warm weather.

Ingredients:

— 6 ounces light rum — 4 ounces lime juice — 5 tablespoons sugar — One 12-ounce bag frozen strawberries — Fresh strawberry slices, for garnish

Directions:

1. Using a blender, combine the rum, lime juice, sugar and frozen strawberries. 2. Blend until the mixture is smooth and then divide between tall glasses. 3. Garnish each glass with a strawberry slice. Recipe adapted from the Food Network

OPINIONS Thursday, April 26, 2018

Annabeth Sloan Editorial Artist

ONE STEP FORWARD, MANY TO TAKE

Binghamton University has responded to the fatal attack in Mountainview College on April 15 in various ways — last Thursday, the administration released a list of frequently asked questions related to the event, and University President Harvey Stenger spoke at the Student Association Congress meeting on Monday evening to address campus safety concerns, prompting the Editorial Board to examine these responses and give criticism and credit where it is due. The University’s list of frequently asked questions was largely misleading and led to many more questions than it answered. The first three questions the University addressed were the only ones that seemed specific to this incident, while the others seemed cookie-cutter; as if they could have been written in response to any emergency. One of our main concerns is that the FAQ denies there was a manhunt on campus. The FAQ states, “There was never a manhunt on campus, though many areas of the campus were searched for evidence as part of the investigation.” While we don’t know the specifics of the investigation, the Editorial Board has trouble believing this to be true given the available details. We understand the limitations of how much information authorities can release during an ongoing investigation, but regardless of whether the increased police presence on campus was solely to search for evidence, this answer seems to be misleading because Michael Roque was arrested in Hunter Hall of Mountainview College, meaning there must have been some kind of search conducted on campus. Something doesn’t add up, and students deserve the rest of the equation sooner rather than later. Additionally, in the original version of the FAQ released on April 19, the University stated, in response to the question “What safety measures are in place in residence halls?,” that there are

security access telephones located outside of each residence hall at its main entrance. The answer also stated there is a campus watch program in place similar to “neighborhood watch” programs, and explained that resident assistants are trained in conflict resolution and emergency response. The University then listed six on-campus organizations with which Residential Life works closely, including Harpur’s Ferry student ambulance and the University Counseling Center. However, the FAQ has since been altered, and as of April 25, it only states that “All residence hall doors are locked on a 24-hour basis, requiring key-card access.” We question why the University changed this response in the FAQ from the original version, which listed four bullet points, and now only lists one. We also wonder whether or not these changes were made after we contacted Ryan Yarosh, BU’s director of media and public relations, with questions regarding the FAQ. In our last editorial, we called for increased and clearer communication from the University, and with that, we argue that students deserve more transparency — particularly in cases like this. Even though the FAQ was altered and, at times, misleading, it does address the University’s need to reconsider its current safety measures on campus. The fourth question of the FAQ discusses the efforts that the University will take to improve

campus safety moving forward. Although the Editorial Board believes there still remain unanswered questions regarding the situation, both as a whole and as a result of the FAQ, we recognize President Stenger’s remarks at the recent SA Congress meeting, where he addressed crucial security concerns. At the meeting, Stenger announced plans to transition to a new campus emergency alert system in which there is one button in the dispatch office that can send a campuswide alert immediately, rather than requiring the multiple steps the current process requires. This system is also used by Florida State University and Ohio State University, so we appreciate that the administration has looked into methods used by other universities in order to bring us up to par with our counterparts. Stenger explained at the meeting that with the new system, the information sent out to students would not always be specific at first; it would simply tell students that an incident has occurred and urge students to stay safe. The University stated in the second question of the FAQ that the initial B-Alert on April 15 was not sent out until 45 minutes after the attack because police were ensuring their information was correct. However, we believe that it is in students’ best interest to be alerted of a dangerous situation immediately, and to receive more details later, rather than to wait for a more specific message that might

only reach us after we are at risk. Thus, we commend the University not only for quickly following through with its promise to listen to students and improve upon the current emergency alert procedures, but also for realizing that student safety is paramount and a rapid response is key. Per the Clery Act, a federal law that mandates that universities must disclose campus security information, BU is legally required to alert students of a dangerous situation. However, the Clery Act does not outline a specific time frame in which it must alert us, leaving it to the discretion of administrators to set up and publicize a procedure for doing so. We appreciate that the University is planning to implement this new system that will alert us immediately, going beyond what federal law requires to keep us safe. We understand that there are no easy solutions to improving campus safety after the tragedies that have occurred over the past several weeks. While we are pleased to see that the University is, for the most part, taking steps to strengthen its safety protocol, we still hope that the administration will further examine how it communicates with students during emergencies. In the coming months, we expect to see more progress and to receive more clarity on a situation that seems to be clouded at this time.

Views expressed in the opinion pages represent the opinions of the columnists. The only piece which represents the views of the Pipe Dream Editorial Board is the Staff Editorial, above. The Editorial Board is composed of the Editor-in-Chief, News Editor, Opinions Editor, Sports Editor and Arts & Culture Editor.

We need to pay attention to first responders' mental health Morgan Manganello

Contributing columnist

In the wake of incomprehensible tragedy and loss, we mourn. We mourn for the loss of a young life, for their loved ones and for the community. The grievous loss of Joao Souza is no different, and since his premature death, we have all felt the void he has left. But there is one group of individuals who are uniquely affected by a tragedy such as this and are too frequently forgotten: first responders. It is our first responders who give up sleep, meals and sometimes their sanity to care for those in

Many tend to overlook the trauma that the job entails

need. They understand that what we owe each other as human beings is more important than personal needs or desires. It is this understanding and dedication that allows them to sacrifice so much of themselves to aide the necessitous. The brave and brilliant student responders who raced, lights and sirens blaring, to a fellow student in dire need on April 15, know this sacrifice all too well. They were unaware of the horror scene they were about to walk into and yet, even if they had known, it wouldn’t have mattered. While others would run away, they ran toward, guided by their impulse to help at all costs. But what now? How do these heroic students cope with the paralyzing loss of not only their

peer, but also their patient? First responders choose to bear their souls with the pain and heartache of others in the hope of lessening human suffering. They willingly accept this burden for their love of humanity and the sacred connections they make with their patients. This bond is unique and transcendent, so one could imagine the intensity that results from this added layer of grief. As an emergency medical technician (EMT) myself, I understand this distinct facet of mourning all too well. For many of those students, this was a defining moment in their careers — the story they will carry with them for the rest of their lives. Some will grapple

with depression, while others may even develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In fact, according to a survey conducted by the University of Phoenix, 85 percent of first responders experienced symptoms related to mental health issues and one-third of them were diagnosed with either depression or PTSD. Currently, the field of emergency medicine has quite a few safeguards put in place for this very reason. Hospitals employ emergency counselors around the clock for debriefing EMTs and paramedics after traumatic calls. Similarly, most emergency medical service agencies provide free counseling for their employees and volunteers to utilize as often as

they need. Despite these resources, witnessing and experiencing trauma is an unavoidable — and often life-changing — part of the job. However, we can help our fellow classmates by being mindful of their struggles. We can do this by avoiding talking about the case in public spaces where it could trigger painful memories of the call. Also, if it comes to light that a student was on that call, abstain from asking any questions about the details. Instead, offer them support and the choice to talk about their feelings and hardships. Additionally, never ask a first responder, “What is the worst thing you’ve ever seen?” In doing so, you are asking them to relive

what was likely the worst moment of their lives. This only thwarts the healing process and triggers very painful memories. Instead, ask, “What is your favorite part about the job?” or “What drew you to emergency medicine?” Let us take a page from their book and sacrifice a little of ourselves to lessen their suffering. Before sharing a post on the internet or voicing a narrative in public, think of these students. Think of the nightmare they endured and protect them from further trauma. It is our turn to give back to them now. — Morgan Manganello is a junior majoring in integrative neuroscience.

Elderly people aren't here for our entertainment Patronizing older folks is insulting to their intelligence and acuity

Kristen DiPietra

Columnist

One hundred and ten-yearold Flossie Dickey had endured two world wars, the Great Depression and Kid Rock, but nothing would be worse than the inhumanity she suffered at the hands of “Good Day Spokane” reporter Nichole Mischke. During a 2016 interview, Mischke conducted one of the most raw, uncomfortable and funny interactions to ever grace the Internet. Punctuated by

long silences and refusals to answer Mischke’s questions, the interview drags as Dickey states multiple times that she was tired and would rather be taking a nap than answering the reporter’s uninspired questions. Indulging in “elderspeak,” a patronizing, high-pitched way of speaking that presumes the elderly person is of lesser intelligence, Mischke asked Dickey questions like “Are you excited for your party?” to which the supercentenarian replied, “Not one bit.” But the icing on the condescension cake was when Mischke pressed her subject for the secret to living

such a long life. Expecting an answer that Dickey somehow strived to outlive the rest of the country and reached the point where every trip to the bathroom is an ordeal, Dickey responded, “Don’t fight it, just live it.” Dickey’s overt sense of fatigue and refusal to play along was refreshing. It wasn’t the first time we’ve seen interview subjects mock news etiquette, but it was certainly one of the best. In a follow-up story that year, Dickey was given an honorary induction into the Air Force, something that was a lifelong dream. The reporter and serviceman spoke softly

but directly to Dickey, and she responded accordingly. Smiling and joking, Dickey seemed to enjoy an interview where she was treated with the respect she deserves, rather than like an oddity or infant. But that’s often the way elderly people are perceived in society. On television and in pop culture, old people are stereotyped as racist, asexual and mean. Sometimes they serve as the comic relief, completely oblivious and ignorant to the dementia that’s already hatched inside of them. Alternatively, old people are rebels. They may be unfairly

characterized as crabby, but they simply refuse to adhere to our norms of politeness. For them, life is exceedingly short and there’s no time to be fake or to pretend you enjoy the company of something or someone. It may come as an affront to younger people, but old people speak their minds because they’ve earned it. Old people are not occupied with the notions of feelings and sensitivity — something the millennial generation has an excessive concern over. If our culture insists on continuing these hackneyed interviews with people of a certain age, the questions and

content need to be well worth the time of the subject and the audience. Older people may suffer from hearing loss and a lack of acuity in general, but they are still capable of answering questions beyond their health. Old people want to engage in mutual conversation. They don’t want anyone else to serve as an interpreter. They want to be spoken to directly, clearly and respectfully. Many want to learn and be challenged with new information. — Kristen DiPietra is a senior double-majoring in English and human development.

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Music festival attendees shouldn't have to fear sexual assault People go to festivals to have fun, not to enter potentially dangerous situations Annick Tabb

Contributing columnist

I know I sound like “that person,” but I love a good music festival. When I bought my Saturday ticket for The Governors Ball Festival on Randall’s Island, I let myself get nostalgic about the weekend I had spent there last year. I had an amazing three days full of memories, my high school friends and a life-changing lemonand-poppy seed doughnut. But with all of the happy times came some unfortunate interactions, one including a middle-aged man tapping my shoulder and whispering, “You look amazing,” while staring directly into my cleavage. Episodes of sexual harassment

and assault happen all too often at music shows and more needs to be done to combat these unsafe interactions. I want to acknowledge that much of the discussion and many of the articles written about sexual harassment only really address the harassment of women by men. It should be said that all people, no matter what their gender or sexuality, can be harassed or harass others, and the problem of harassment will only be solved once everyone feels safe and comfortable. Music festivals and other music events bring crowds that can sometimes consist of tens of thousands of people. Organizing events as big as this requires a massive amount of planning and logistics. Many festivals have guides on their websites about how to optimize your experience.

However, many of these guides do not give information about issues like consent and advice on how to successfully report harassment or assault. In an article about the 2016 Ultra Music Festival in Miami, Florida, Ryan Pfeffer of the Miami New Times wrote, “If there were half as much literature and signage about sexual assault as there was about 7-Up at Ultra, it won’t solve the problem outright, but it just might help start a much-needed conversation, one that will pay off in the future.” While there is often a general air of positivity and friendliness at festivals, it is important to not turn a blind eye to the reality of sexual harassment. In a 2013 UK survey about music festivals, one person responded, “I think there definitely is an idyllic view of festivals … But in reality, they’re

just like society downsized — there are going to be the same pockets of people who are okay with doing harm to others.” Music festivals and live music shows are often advertised as an escape from everyday anxieties. People may see locations like a festival grounds or a concert arena as an anonymous place where “normal rules” about respecting other people’s boundaries don’t count. The chances of keeping in touch with the strangers you encounter in a mosh pit are relatively slim. People may not feel the same sense of responsibility that they might in a different space. “Once [women] enter into a fest or a party, it’s like she signed off whatever happens,” said Kelly Oliver, a professor of philosophy at Vanderbilt University. “If she’s dancing, it’s an invitation.”

I have often noticed men unapologetically staring lewdly at me or even approaching me when I am dancing with my friends at shows. Sometimes they seem confused that I have no interest in their advances, even if we have not made eye contact. While I’ve been lucky that they have not forced themselves onto me, other people are not as fortunate. The organizers of the Bråvalla Festival in Östergötland, Sweden, announced that the 2018 festival would be canceled after four rapes and 23 sexual assaults were reported at the 2017 festival. An article written by two criminology lecturers at the University of New South Wales offered tips for festival organizers. These tips included enforcing a zero-tolerance policy against assault and harassment with specific punishments for

perpetrators, training everyone working at the festival to appropriately identify and respond to sexual violence and harassment and encouraging artists performing at festivals to take a concrete stand against sexual violence. They also highlighted the importance of providing clear avenues for patrons to report incidents of sexual violence. Music festivals are expensive and everyone who attends them deserves to have a wonderful time without being worried about potential harassment or assault. I owe music festivals and concerts for some of the best experiences of my life. But it is imperative that efforts are made to make these environments harassment-free. — Annick Tabb is a sophomore double-majoring in English and political science.

Why we need to save the bees Humankind will get the stinger if we don't take measures to protect them Elizabeth Short

Contributing Columnist

honey bee colonies in the 1970s, we are at almost half the number today, with 2.5 million hives. And despite efforts like the $4 million provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 2014 to help honeybee populations in the Midwest, bee numbers still aren’t where they should be. Why should you care about bees, though? Is this really an issue? Actually, it is; it’s a massive issue. Bees are responsible not only for honey production, but for pollination. Their pollination routes affect nearly 70 of the top 100 crops consumed by humans. Foods like avocados, apples, kiwis, cucumbers and melons depend heavily on bee pollination, while some foods like almonds are entirely dependent on bees. While the world will not starve immediately, this could have catastrophic effects on the entire planet. Bees also pollinate nearly 80 percent of the flowering plants here on earth. These little insects have a major impact on the surrounding world. Now that I have potentially scared you, you might be wondering what you can do. There are many ways to help. Buy locally, ethically sourced honey. The Southern Tier Beekeepers Association here in Broome County has a great website where you can buy honey and even sign up for beekeeping classes. Garden using native flowering plants that encourage bees to stop by, or plant native flowers around the perimeter of your vegetable garden to promote pollination. You could even go so far as to purchase a bee block or hotel to provide a more permanent place for the little creatures to live. Avoid using large amounts of chemicals in your yard, as they often prove toxic. Lastly, get involved and donate to organizations dedicated to bee research and conservation. Bees do so much for us, so it’s time to step up and lend a hand to some of the most hardworking creatures with which we share this planet. Without them, the world is bound to be hungry and lack its cherished beauty.

Bees. More than a humorous Cards Against Humanity card, more than a signal for the welcoming of springtime and absolutely more than an unwanted pest. They’re incredibly complex, intelligent insects. Known best for providing us with honey, they follow intricate patterns all across the planet to pollinate flowers and essential crops. I completely understand a fear of bees if you’re allergic, but otherwise, bees have never bothered me. Ever since I was a little girl in suburban New Jersey, I’ve been close to bees. My mother maintained a beautiful garden filled with butterfly bushes, which also brought bees in large numbers. Despite being heavily allergic to the pollen they carry, I loved watching their small, blackand-yellow striped bodies buzz past and sometimes land on my shoulders and arms to rest. My town even provides local honey to nearby supermarkets. Despite knowing all about bees from my elementary school science classes and having a connection with the little insects, I never really realized just how important these powerful workers are, or why we need to work hard to keep them around. Despite the usual feeling of being surrounded by bees in the spring, bee numbers have been on a drastic decline over the past decade. In both Europe and the United States, beekeepers have reported total hive losses of 30 percent or more annually for the past 10 years, with a 2015 United Nations report bringing the numbers up to a staggering 37 percent. Nine percent of bee and butterfly species could even reach extinction. These losses are the result of modern pesticides and agricultural methods. The large amounts of pesticides on edible crops, like the nearly 26 million acres of soybeans, are drastically affecting hive — Elizabeth Short numbers. When compared to the 4 million majoring in biology.

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Devon Ravine Northwest Florida Daily News via AP Beekeepers Mike and Pam Garrett, owners of Bees on the Bayou, check on one of their beehives in Niceville, Fla., on Tuesday, April 3, 2018. The Garretts said they spend about four hours per week managing their six hives and sell honey and skin care products from the hives.

In defense of the United States intervening in Syria Our country should exercise its ability to defend human rights abroad Eli Krule Guest Columnist

In an interview with CNBC in 2013, former president Bill Clinton expressed what he thought was his administration’s biggest failure. It was not the failed attempt to reform our nation’s health care. It was not signing the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act, nor was it the Lewinsky scandal. Clinton’s biggest regret was his administration’s failure to intervene in the Rwandan genocide. “If we’d gone in sooner, I believe we could have saved at least a third of the lives that were lost … it had an enduring impact on me.” He probably knew and understood that as the world’s dominant superpower, the United States has a moral responsibility

to respond when crimes against humanity are clearly occurring, no matter how far away. For a nation that prides itself on freedom, equality and liberty, nothing is more fundamental than ensuring all people have freedom in their own way. Former president Barack Obama knew this moral imperative, and drew a “red line” in Syria that the use of chemical weapons would not be tolerated under any circumstances. When the Syrian military used chemical weapons to attack a rebel-held suburb, Obama asked Congress for permission to intervene as he attempted to convince the American people that intervention in Syria was not only justified, but necessary. Congress rejected the proposal. The failure of the Obama administration to intervene in Syria is often noted as its biggest

foreign policy failure. Then, on April 7, reports of another chemical weapons attack in Syria came out after about 75 people were killed with sarin and chlorine gas, presumably by the Syrian government. The United States, alongside France and the United Kingdom, responded a week later with a coordinated missile strike against multiple targets in Syria. In a speech to the country following the attacks, President Donald Trump said, “It is in this vital national security interest of the United States to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly chemical weapons.” He stressed that these attacks were strictly in response to the use of chemical weapons and meant to deter any world leader that the use of such weapons will not be tolerated. Now, a disclaimer about

myself; I consider myself a fairly liberal Democrat. I supported Obama throughout his presidency. I voted for Bernie Sanders in the 2016 Illinois primary and for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 general election. I believe that Trump is a disgrace to the office he now holds, but I do not believe that he is the worst president in our nation’s history. Still, I am possibly the absolute last person who would approve of any action of the current administration. However, in this one case, I must say that I support our intervention in Syria for the reasons laid out publicly by the Defense Department and the White House. How can the United States have any moral authority across the globe when discussing our most sacred values of freedom and liberty if we do not speak up for the victims of horrendous

acts of violence such as this one? Two past presidents are still haunted by their inability to intervene on behalf of the human rights of innocent people around the world. We live in a global society now, and the problems of nations on the other side of the world no longer stay there. What happens in a foreign country can very easily happen here. The suffering of civilians matters a great deal to us and is vital to our national security interests. We must not let our hatred and disdain for the Trump administration blind us to the injustice and suffering happening in Syria and our ability to do something about it. If we have any moral compass as a country, we must support this strike meant only to cripple the proliferation and use of chemical weapons by Bashar al-Assad. This is why when my fellow

Democrats from across the country rally against this military intervention in Syria, I will not support it. I have served on the College Democrats executive board for the past year and have just been elected to serve again this upcoming school year, and I am a vocal opponent of the man in the Oval Office, which is why it pains me to go against my identity as a Democrat in this circumstance. While my party identity is important to me, what I believe is moral and right is much more important. I respect those who choose to march in protest of our intervention in Syria and I am encouraged by the increase in student activism after the 2016 election, but this time I cannot stand by my fellow students. — Eli Krule is a junior majoring in philosophy, politics and law.

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Monroe speaks at Binghamton Hall of Fame event Former Knicks discusses team's future Evan Cole

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The Greater Binghamton Sports Hall of Fame held its fourth annual induction ceremony Monday night. Former New York Knicks point guard and NBA Hall of Famer Earl Monroe hosted a meet and greet for paying attendees of the event. A four-time NBA All-Star, Monroe was traded from the Baltimore Bullets to the Knicks in 1971, pairing “Earl the Pearl” with fellow Hall of Famer Walt Frazier and forming New York’s renowned “Rolls Royce Backcourt.” Less than two years after the trade, the Knicks won the 1973 NBA Championship, which is still the franchise’s most recent championship. Monroe averaged 18.8 points, 3.0 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game during his 14-year NBA career. The formal recognized 15 individual inductees, including BU graduates Jason Goldman ‘98, Mark Gumble, ‘88, and former BU tennis coach Michael Starke. Attending Maine-Endwell Senior High School, Goldman went 36-0 and won the 1993 New York State Wrestling Championship. During his time wrestling at BU, Goldman was a two-time NCAA All-American. In his playing career, Gumble earned three All-American

Kevin Paredes Photo Editor NBA Hall of Famer Earl Monroe hosted a meet-and-greet for attendees of the fourth annual Greater Binghamton Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

selections and a 1988 National Championship while wrestling for the Bearcats. He also coached the Binghamton wrestling team for nine seasons. Starke coached tennis at BU for 20 seasons, earning America East Coach of the Year recognitions three times. He oversaw 14 AllAmericans in his tenure at BU. While Monroe did speak briefly at the dinner, a press conference featuring him during the cocktail

hour was canceled. Despite not speaking to the media, Monroe provided recommendations for what today’s Knicks should do in an exclusive interview. New York recently fired head coach Jeff Hornacek and is in the midst of searching for a new leader. “I would be very pleased if Mark Jackson was named head coach of the Knicks,” Monroe said. “I think that he’s done an excellent job where he was in Golden

State, taking a losing team and preparing them for championships. He had a winning record over there. Whatever problems he had over there would be different from today.” In his first year as Warriors head coach, Jackson suffered a meager 23-43 record during the 2011-12 season. In a quick turnaround, Golden State won 47 and 51 games, respectively, in the following years, earning the team’s first playoff berth

since 2008 in the process. Jackson was ultimately fired due to run-ins with the front office and assistant coaches. The Warriors’ ownership also felt that another coach could further maximize the roster’s ceiling. The team has since won two NBA Championships in three finals appearances in the tenure of current head coach Steve Kerr, breaking a plethora of association records along the way. Jackson was initially considered

one of New York’s top candidates for the position, along with former Grizzlies head coach David Fizdale and Jerry Stackhouse, the head coach of the Toronto Raptors’ G League affiliate. Other notable names mentioned for the job include recently departed Hawks coach Mike Budenholzer and former Cavaliers coach David Blatt. According to reports from ESPN and the New York Post, Fizdale and Stackhouse have impressed New York’s front office the most out of candidates who have interviewed for the job, while Budenholzer has been rumored to prefer coaching the Knicks to any other team. Coming off its fifth consecutive losing season, and 13th season without a playoff berth since 2001, New York is seeking a coach who can achieve sustained success. Monroe feels that the Knicks are a few pieces away from competing — largely due to All-Star power forward Kristaps Porzingis suffering a torn ACL — but still have some assets on their current roster. “They are not getting Porzingis back until the latter part of [next] season,” Monroe said. “To be competitive, you got to go out and get some guys who can really play… I like [Courtney] Lee, but I don’t know if they’re going to be keeping him at all … [Enes] Kanter had an excellent season, and if he can improve upon that or even just stay as consistent as he was with the double-doubles, I think that would be good for [the Knicks].”

Binghamton falls to Syracuse for fifth straight loss Starting pitching woes continue for softball Edward Aaron

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In its final nonconference matchup of the season, the Binghamton softball team fell on the road to Syracuse by a score of 8-1. The Orange (27-18, 8-11 Atlantic Coast Conference) captured its seventh straight game, while the Bearcats (11-21, 4-7 AE) were defeated for the fifth consecutive time. Sophomore pitcher Alexa Romero (17-11) of Syracuse picked up the victory over sophomore pitcher Rayn Gibson (5-10), who started for BU. The first inning began with three straight strikeouts registered by Romero and in the bottom of the inning, Syracuse’s offense went to work. With one out and the bases loaded, senior infielder Faith Cain hit a two-run RBI double, giving Syracuse the first score of the game and putting runners on first and third. The Orange went on to score

two more runs in the inning, taking an early 4-0 lead. “It was a combination of things,” said BU head coach Michelle Johnston. “We put a lot of runners on with walks and hit batters, and then we had some opportunities to make some plays. They took advantage of the mistakes that we made, so when we didn’t make a play they came back and were getting hits or working after the walks or hit batters.” After only one inning pitched, Gibson was pulled from the game and replaced by junior pitcher Makenzie Goluba. Since winning six consecutive starts, including a complete game shutout against UMBC that helped her earn AE Pitcher of the Week, Gibson has struggled as of late. In her last six starts, all of which were losses, she has only pitched past the second inning twice. In the top of the third, still trailing 4-0, Binghamton got on the board with an RBI single from senior outfielder Jessica Rutherford. Her RBI marked the only run the Bearcats scored throughout the game.

Romero started out flawless, striking out the first seven BU batters she faced. In total, she finished her five innings pitched with 11 strikeouts, two hits surrendered and one run allowed. “The pitcher [Romero] I thought did a good job,” Johnston said. “We tried to make some adjustments after the first two innings, and we did a little better, but she had a combination of her backdoor and riseball that I thought we were swinging at that we should have laid off of. She was getting ahead early, and then making us chase pitches that we didn’t necessarily want to.” Despite the lack of offense as a team, Rutherford turned in a strong performance for the Bearcats, going 2-3 at the plate with an RBI. This marked the 53rd multiple-hit game in her career, adding to her program record. “Honestly, I don’t even notice when I have multiple-hit games,” Rutherford said last week in an appearance on the Pipe Dream Bearcast. “I just go one at bat at a time. I didn’t even know I had that

many in my career.” There was originally a single game at Albany scheduled for the Bearcats Wednesday, but due to weather, it was postponed to next week. It will be played at home at the Bearcats Sports Complex, marking the debut of the newly renovated softball facility. The new field features a stateof-the-art playing field that allows water to drain off instead of seep in and avoid the winter freezing and thawing process. “We’re just really anxious to get out there,” Johnston said. “I think obviously we’ve been waiting to get out on the new field and play on the new surface. We’re fortunate enough to know that we’re hosting the conference tournament, so we want to use the new field to work to get some momentum going into the end of the year.” Before their home debut, the Bearcats are set to head to Maine for a three-game series against the Black Bears, beginning with a doubleheader on Saturday, April Katherine Scott Pipe Dream Photographer 28. First pitch is set for noon from Senior outfielder Jessica Rutherford drove in Binghamton’s only run on Kessock Field in Orono, Maine. 2 for 3 at the plate in its uninspiring loss to Syracuse.

Bearcats seeing red after blowout defeat at Cornell Early Big Red scoring costs baseball the game Julian Guevara

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The Binghamton baseball team’s struggles on the diamond continued this past Tuesday evening as the Bearcats (10-231, 6-9 America East) got blown out under the lights at home as Cornell put up 12 runs and defeated BU handily, 12-3. “Offensively, we have continued to really, really struggle,” said BU head coach Tim Sinicki. “We’re leaving a lot of guys on base and I think even more specifically, leaving guys on third base with less than two outs, which is just not taking advantage of an opportunity to score.” Cornell (9-17-1, 4-8 Ivy) jumped out to an early lead in the first. The Big Red plated four runs off sophomore right-hander Jake Miller, who was making his first start coming off an injury. Miller struggled to find the strike zone and found himself in a no-out, bases-loaded jam after allowing

Ariel Kachuro Pipe Dream Photographer Senior outfielder CJ Krowiak went 2 for 4 with an RBI in baseball’s blowout loss at the hands of Cornell.

a leadoff double and walking the next two batters. Miller did not make it out of the inning. After allowing four runs and recording two outs, Miller’s night was done. Sinicki called upon senior pitcher Joe

Orlando, who only needed two pitches to finish the first inning. Cornell, however, was not done producing offensively. The Big Red came right back and scored three runs in the second thanks to its powerful lineup.

After Cornell senior outfielder Kyle Gallagher worked a fullcount walk, classmate outfielder Ellis Bitar drove a double off the right-center field fence to score Gallagher. “It’s difficult, with baseball being a game of repetition we just to try and remind the players that this happens over the course of a season,” Sinicki said. “Our season is confined to a small time period, so when you slump you don’t have that extra time to get out of it, so it becomes more magnified.” Cornell junior catcher Will Simoneit stepped into the box and drove a towering no-doubter that cleared the center-field fence, and just like that, Binghamton was down, 7-0. Luckily for BU, the bullpen did its job for the next four innings, allowing the offense to wake up a bit. BU got on the board in the fourth inning when senior center fielder CJ Krowiak got the ball rolling, leading off the inning with a single. Freshman outfielder Andrew Eng followed Krowiak’s hit with a walk. Junior outfielder Anthony Meduri was then rewarded for hustling out

a routine grounder at third, as the Cornell third baseman airmailed the throw to first, allowing Krowiak to score. Unfortunately for Binghamton, Cornell senior left-handed pitcher Tyler Fernandez settled down and retired the next three Binghamton hitters in order, extinguishing the no-out rally. “You just hope that guys keep at it and continue to work hard in practice and eventually put things together,” Sinicki said. “We’ve told our guys that we’ll continue to work with them, coach them up the best we can and prepare them for games, but ultimately it comes down to our execution on the field.” The failure to capitalize on prime scoring opportunities has emerged as a prevalent problem for Binghamton. So far, the Bearcats have left 268 runners on base this season, eight of which came from this game. The fifth inning proved to not break the trend. With runners on second and third base and one out, Krowiak continued to swing a hot bat, driving an RBI single to left field. Eng answered with a sac fly

to left, cutting the Cornell deficit to four. This was the final showing of BU’s offensive production, as it was shut out for the remaining four innings. Cornell’s offense, however, was not finished. The Big Red tacked on three runs in the seventh and then two more in the ninth to provide its relief pitching with a nine-run cushion. “In general, we’re just not playing good baseball right now,” Sinicki said. “There are a lot of different things that are going on in the course of a game that we are not doing well.” Binghamton will look to turn things around this weekend, as the team is set to take on Stony Brook at home. With just nine conference games remaining, BU will look to win the majority of those games to claw its way out of last place. Even though the team is at the bottom of the conference, it is only two games back from first-place Hartford. First pitch of the three-game home stand with Stony Brook is scheduled for noon on Saturday from the Bearcats Sports Complex in Vestal, New York.