Spring 2020 Issue 13

First Friday bursts into bloom with the Artisan Gallery’s Spring Flower Show,

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BU makes contingency plan for coronavirus University could move all classes online David Julien news intern

As anxieties concerning the coronavirus (COVID-19) continue to mount, Binghamton University and the greater Binghamton area are preparing for the eventual arrival of the disease to the area.

On March 4, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the suspension of SUNY and CUNY study abroad programs in Japan, a country with a Level 2 Travel Health Notice, and China, Italy, Iran and South Korea, all of which are countries that have reported Level 3 warnings. The warning levels are determined by the current number of COVID-19 cases in an area and a country’s risk of an outbreak. The program-wide suspension will see approximately 300 students return to New York state immediately and undergo a 14-day quarantine.

Since then, BU administrators have also begun preparing for the potential of an outbreak. In a statement released to faculty members, Donald Nieman, executive vice president for academic affairs and provost, assured professors and staff that the University is working closely with the Broome County Health Department and BU’s Decker Student Health Services Center staff to monitor coronavirus developments. In the event of a possible outbreak and subsequent interruption to the academic continuity of the University, Nieman has charged James Pitar-

resi, vice provost for student and faculty development and executive director for the Center for Learning and Teaching, with developing a plan to continue instruction if access to campus becomes limited.

“We have an obligation to our students to help them complete their degrees in a timely manner, and will work to the best of our ability to make that happen,” Nieman wrote.

The University’s current plan includes the use of existing online teaching and learning technologies, including MyCourses and WebEx, to reach students at home.

BU administrators have also released statements urging students to take health precautions, including washing their hands and avoiding class and public areas when ill.

Across the SUNY system, schools such as the University at Albany and the University at Buffalo have released similar cautionary statements to their students.

Students like Jack Albertson, a sophomore majoring in computer science, are taking preventive measures to keep themselves healthy.

Still, Albertson questions the University’s tactics against COVID-19.

“I’ve been trying to be more sanitary like not touch door handles, washing my hands every time I get back to the dorm, stuff like that,” Albertson said. “I do think that [the University is] being naive, like having everyone come back and just saying ‘Oh, try and be more cautious.’

They’re either going to have to up

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ariel kachuro photo editor Binghamton stores are seeing shortages of hand sanitizer and hand soap products as concern grows surrounding a potential coronavirus outbreak.

2020 census projects Student organizations Housing low student response honor women’s history complex faces local backlash Officials urge students to register as local residents Jackson Galati pipe dream news

stitution to conduct a census, and the country is due for a count in 2020.

This year, the bureau is looking to increase its count of a certain underrepresented group — college students.

The census aims to collect accurate population data by counting every

Every 10 years, the U.S. Census Bureau is required by the U.S. Con-

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As the month of March begins, students will find a wealth of student

organization-led opportunities to commemorate Women’s History Month.

March was first officially designated as Women’s History Month in the United States following a bill passed by Congress in 1987, and has been proclaimed as such since 1995, according to the

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Binghamton falls in America East semifinals Women’s basketball falters on offense in loss to Stony Brook

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Vestal residents filled both the meeting room and lobby of Vestal Town Hall on March 3 to oppose a proposed 161unit student housing complex on the hilltop of Bunn Hill Road, a rural community located southwest of Binghamton University.

The Vestal Planning Board held the public meeting for the developer, Landmark Properties of Athens, Georgia, to present its housing proposal and enable the board to ask questions.

Although it was not a public hearing, and therefore the public was not given an opportunity to speak, more than 100 residents attended to distribute petitions, display signs in opposition to the plan and speak with the press outside the meeting room.

Frank Urban, 75, of Vestal, lives on Lauderdale Drive, which intersects Bunn Hill Road. He said he opposes the plan for an apartment complex for BU students because the area is zoned for one-family homes.

“It’s not right to put a multidevelopment building up there,” Urban said. “It’s right next to a lot of people who bought their house because they wanted it to be

Samantha Marsh

assistant sports editor

Coming off a quarterfinal win to New Hampshire, the Binghamton women’s basketball team battled Stony Brook for a spot in the America East (AE) championship game on Sunday. The Bearcats had trouble connecting offensively, and as a result, BU (22-9, 10-6 AE) had its lowest-scoring game of the season and was knocked out of the semifinals by the topseeded Seawolves (28-3, 14-2 AE), 57-42.

“I’m proud of them,” said Binghamton head coach Bethann Shapiro Ord. “And unfortunately shots didn’t fall. They just didn’t fall. It was ugly. I mean, that was low for us.”

Binghamton is the highest-scoring team in the AE this season, but the team went just 17-for-53 from the floor and started the second half with just 16 points.

The Bearcats picked up slightly in the fourth quarter, scoring 17 points with

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Bunn Hill Road housing project proposes 161 units

sidney slon assistant photo editor Senior guard Kai Moon scored 11 points in the final America East game of her career as Binghamton was eliminated by Stony Brook in the conference semifinals.

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SPORTS

Chinascope’s annual banquet returns,

Swedish folk quintet Jaerv performs at the Bundy Museum,

Contributing columnist Kaitlyn Liu criticizes BU’s lack of diverse faculty and staff,

Baseball sweeps series against VMI,

Redshirt sophomore Lou DePrez wins EIWA Championships,

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March 9, 1959 The first Barbie doll goes on display at the American International Toy Fair in New York City.

Barbie was the first mass-produced children’s toy doll in the United States with adult features. The inspiration for the doll came when creator Ruth Handler saw her young daughter lose interest in baby dolls in favor of paper dolls of adult women.

Since its arrival, more than 1 billion dolls in the Barbie family have been sold around the globe.

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The following accounts were provided by Investigator Mark Silverio of Binghamton’s New York State University Police.

The grind don’t stop TUESDAY, Feb. 25, 4:36 p.m. — Officers responded to the East Gym turf field for a trespassing complaint. Upon arrival, officers approached two students, a 21-year-old male and a 20-yearold female, on the field playing soccer. The officers asked the students how they got onto the field, and the students said they climbed over the fence. Officers pointed out that the fence should have been an indication that the field was not open for use.

The students said they did not realize they could not use the field, and believed it was just an open field. The two students were escorted off the field and sent away with a warning.

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THURSDAY, Feb. 27, 1:56 p.m. — Officers stopped a vehicle for speeding on Glenn G. Bartle Drive.

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The driver, a 19-year-old male student, produced his license for the officers. As he did so, the officers observed a second license in his wallet, and asked the driver what it was. The driver then produced a fraudulent New York state driver’s license.

The fraudulent license was confiscated and shredded, and the driver was given a speeding ticket and a warning for the fraudulent license.

The neglected Bartle shower THURSDAY, Feb. 27, 11:40 p.m. — Officers responded to the Library Tower for a graffiti complaint. Upon arrival, the officers spoke with one of the building cleaners, who directed them into a gender-neutral bathroom on the first floor. Inside the bathroom, on the walls of a small shower, were the words “suck my balls” in blue marker. The cleaner said he did not know how long the graffiti had been there as he did not know the last time the shower was cleaned. Pictures of the graffiti were documented and the cleaners used an industrial cleaner to remove the writing from the shower. There are no known witnesses of the vandalism and there are no suspects at this time.

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Union-Endicott School District bus crashes into tree After a Union-Endicott school bus crashed into a tree on Friday, the driver had to be taken to the hospital, according to WBNG. The Union-Endicott School District said there were three students between the ages of 13 and 15 aboard the bus when the crash took place and that none were injured. Following the accident, the 70-yearold bus driver was taken to the hospital for evaluation. Police say they are working to determine why the driver originally went off the road.

Binghamton celebrates annual Parade Day On Saturday, community members gathered in Downtown Binghamton for the 53rd-annual Binghamton Parade Day, according to FOX 40. The celebrations began at 11:30 a.m., starting off with a mass, then a donation drive and finally the parade. The parade shut down several streets to allow for the safe passage of pedestrians, cars and floats, with police and fire vehicles traveling along with the procession.

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Cortland County town passes law refusing to enforce any future state gun control laws On Thursday, the town of Solon unanimously approved an act that declares any future gun restrictions from the New York state government to be “null, void and of no effect” within its borders, according to The Post-Standard. The “Town of Solon Second Amendment Preservation Act” aims to preserve the Second Amendment by forbidding town officials and town funds from supporting any New York state gun control legislation, enforcing fines of up to $2,000 for public officials who try to enforce the state’s gun control

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Rev. Jesse Jackson endorses Bernie Sanders for president Civil rights activist Jesse Jackson publicly endorsed Bernie Sanders for president on Sunday, hoping to rally black voters to his cause, according to The New York Times.

The two spoke to thousands of people in Grand Rapids, Michigan, reflecting on how Sanders supported Jackson in his presidential bid in 1988. Sanders aims to win Michigan and mobilize rust belt voters after losing a majority of the states on Super Tuesday to former Vice President Joe Biden.

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Coronavirus outbreak causes quarantine of millions internationally In a bid to contain the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the Italian government has quarantined around 16 million people in the Lombardy region, according to BBC News. The region includes the cities of Milan, Parma and Venice.

With 7,375 confirmed cases, Italy has overtaken South Korea as the country with the highest number of confirmed infections outside of China. On Sunday alone, Iran’s health ministry reported 49 deaths from the coronavirus, the highest death toll since the disease made landfall in the country. In Saudi Arabia, officials quarantined the eastern Qatif region to contain the disease. Authorities also said they would suspend all public and private schools and universities across the nation until further notice. In the United States, the death toll has risen to 21 with 544 confirmed cases across 34 states and the District of Columbia. All but three of the deaths have been in Washington state. In New York state, days after Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency, the number of confirmed cases rose to 106.

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CCE advocates for student participation in 2020 census census from page 1 single person living within the United States. This information is then used to determine the amount of seats a state receives in the House of Representatives, the allocation of $675 billion in federal funding and legislative and school districts.

The bureau expects a low rate of response in the Triple Cities area, comprised of Binghamton, Vestal and Johnson City, according to its Response Outreach Area Mapper (ROAM), which shows predicted response rates for the country. The bureau has teamed up with Binghamton University’s Center for Civic Engagement (CCE) to help increase the college student response rate.

College students are a historically difficult group to count and the ROAM predicts the University campus and the West Side neighborhood, which is predominantly occupied by students, will have around a quarter of residents not respond to the census. Katherine Dillon, a partnership specialist for the U.S. Census Bureau, said she believes there are misconceptions that lead college students to think the census does not apply to them, including situations where a student is foreign-born or a renter. “[The census] applies to everybody,” Dillon said. “It doesn’t matter what your citizenship status is, what your residency status is — if you’re here, then we want to count you.”

According to Alison Handy Twang, associate director of the CCE, the on-campus students fall into a category of group quarters, meaning the bureau will most likely use BU’s administrative records to count residents rather than having on-campus students respond directly. For off-campus students, the CCE plans to raise awareness about the importance of responding

john atkinson pipe dream photographer Katherine Dillon, a partnership specialist for the U.S. Census Bureau, said on Tuesday that there are several misconceptions that lead college students to think the local census does not apply to them.

to the census. The CCE will be reaching out through emails, social media posts, advertisements and tabling events, and more information will be available on the organization’s website.

“The census itself is actually easy to respond to,” Twang wrote in an email. “Each ‘household’ will submit just one census form, so students living with roommates should work together to submit their response.”

Starting March 12, people will be receiving an invitation to

fill out the census in the mail.

In an effort to make responding to the census easier across the board, people can now complete the census online or over the phone in 12 different languages.

April 1 is Census Day, which is the date the bureau gives as a hard marker for filling out the census — wherever you are living on that day is where you should fill out as your place of residency.

The day has importance for people who may split their time

BU administrators discuss potential COVID-19 outbreak covid-19 from page 1 sanitary requirements or try to prevent group meetings, like students coming together for things.”

Although there are no confirmed cases of the virus in Broome County, the fears surrounding COVID-19 have seeped into the thoughts of residents and students alike. Akiva Grimaldi, a sophomore majoring in chemistry, said she is concerned there may be students returning from the University’s recent break and unknowingly spreading the illness.

“People are going to come back feeling fine, but they may have the virus and then possibly spread it to others,” Grimaldi said. “Not to sound grim, but I think it’s coming here very soon. But I don’t even see what can be done — I don’t think containment is still a possibility.

I really don’t. So, I don’t want to say ‘Just let it spread,’ I just don’t know what can be done, so I think they have to wait and see. Personally, as a student, the last thing I want to have is online classes. Obviously, for safety reasons, I’ll do it, but it’s the last thing I want to do.”

Throughout the Binghamton area, local stores have seen their shelves emptied of hand sanitizers and disinfectants. Employees at several stores in the area told Pipe Dream that they don’t have a definite date for when their stock will be replenished because of a national shortage of hand sanitizer. Local stores have also started to see a shortage of hand soap supplies.

Online retailers such as Amazon and eBay have faced similar issues, with independent sellers charging hugely inflated prices for hand sanitizers and other supplies.

Rebecca Kaufman, director of the Broome County Health Department, said they are closely monitoring the situation while falling in line with the guidelines set forth by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH).

“We are continually receiving updates from [NYSDOH] as new information is released,” Kaufman said in a March 4 public statement.

“Staff are well prepared and are experienced in communicable disease surveillance.”

Many students, including Jonah Maryles, a sophomore majoring in art and design, are awaiting more details about the situation.

“I don’t really have a major concern at the moment because I know most people won’t get severe cases and living in an apartmentstyle complex isn’t so different than anywhere else,” Maryles said.

“It will be interesting to see if anything changes in the next two weeks.”

In a statement on the Office of the President’s website, BU President Harvey Stenger wrote that

the well-being of the student body is of the utmost concern and that the University’s efforts will aim to make sure they remain safe.

“This is a quickly moving situation and we will be working to provide the campus with the most up-to-date information we can,” Stenger wrote. “[BU] students, faculty and staff are smart and caring. If all members of our community take simple, common-sense precautions, we will protect one another from the worst consequences of this most recent threat to public health and ensure the well-being of everyone.”

The University aims to update the BU student, faculty and staff community on the situation later in the week after a scheduled Faculty Senate meeting on Tuesday, March 10.

living in different places, like college students. Jared Kraham, deputy mayor for the City of Binghamton, said he believes BU students should be counted as Binghamton residents.

“We want to make a real effort to broaden the awareness of the census,” Kraham said. “For [BU] students, if you live off campus in Binghamton you should be filling it out to be counted in Binghamton as you are living here most of the year.”

If people have not responded

going into April, they will receive multiple reminders in the mail.

If they still have not responded

by May, then a census taker will come to their door to physically count them.

According to Twang, the efforts the CCE and the bureau are making to get a more accurate population count will have a lasting effect on this community for many years to come.

“An undercount has real financial and political consequences, especially for commu-

nities home to people who are considered ‘hard to count,’ including college students, those without stable housing or people with disabilities,” Twang wrote.

“While the census is a mandatory civic duty, it is also very much an act of political empowerment that impacts our community for the next decade. Because students make up such a significant portion of our local population, a strong response from students will have a positive impact on our community for years.”

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Student housing project would break zoning laws housing from page 1

rose coschignano pipe dream photographer Maureen Kozakiewicz, a Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee representative, spoke as part of the Drowsy Driving program presentation on Tuesday in the University Union.

Drowsy driving awareness event comes to University BU students see success in PSA competition Michael Golann

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Ever since her sister, Nicole Lee, was killed in a drowsy driving accident 12 years ago, Jennifer Pearce has told her sister’s story to advocate for drowsy driving victims. For the last two years, she partnered with New York state and other officials to present the drowsy driving program at Binghamton University.

On March 3, the event featured presentations by representatives from the drowsy driving program to raise awareness of the dangers of driving while sleep-deprived.

The event included appearances from Pearce, Maureen Kozakiewicz, highway safety program representative for the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee and Russell Rozensky, program director for the polysomnographic technology program at Stony Brook University.

According to Rozensky, the presentations aim to prevent future crashes caused by fatigue.

Rozensky mentioned the four “Ds” that negatively affect driving abilities: drunk, drugged, distracted and drowsy driving.

“The initiative is to raise awareness for people to be aware [of] the fourth D,” Rozensky said.

“Being drowsy is just as dangerous and life-threatening as being drunk or impaired from alcohol or drugs.”

Drivers around the ages of 17

to 24 are at the highest risk for a preventable crash because of a lack of experience while driving combined with sleep deprivation from school, according to Kozakiewicz. Carolena Pizzuti, a junior majoring in economics, said it was important to learn about being at increased risk of driving drowsy.

“I think this was a very good presentation,” Pizzuti said. “I think a lot of the time we don’t realize that we, especially as college students, don’t get enough sleep and we do drive. There are people who commute to this campus every day that are probably running on two hours of sleep.”

The event was organized alongside a public service announcement (PSA) competition for all New York state students to see who could create the most effective drowsy driving PSA. The competition was hosted by the National Road Safety Foundation (NRSF), an organization that aims to reduce crashes, deaths and injuries on the nation’s highways by promoting safe driving behavior, according to their website. They awarded cash prizes to the top contestants.

Two of the top three competitors were BU students: Owen Holland, a sophomore majoring in sociology, and Aneesa Addarich, a junior majoring in human development. Addarich was the first-place winner of the contest and her PSA was about a girl who is supposed to act as a designated driver on New Year’s Eve, but realizes that she is too drowsy to drive her friends home later that night.

Ultimately, she and her friends decide to stay the night.

“I decided to participate because I like to express my creativity through digital media,” Addarich said. “I thought it was an important topic to bring attention to.”

Holland, the second-place winner, decided the best option was to evoke emotion with his PSA. He included clips of important memories such as graduation and birthdays, and ended the presentation with a shot of the driver’s puppy.

“I want viewers to realize that life is simply not worth the risk,” Holland said. “When thinking about everyone who will miss you, I hope that people will reconsider, spend the night somewhere and make it home to them in the morning.”

BU’s Health Promotion and Prevention Services (HPPS), which aims to deliver a suite of evidence-informed programs and services to enhance the well-being of the BU community, coordinated with presenters to reserve a space on campus for the event and advertise the PSA competition. Divine Sebuharara, health promotion coordinator for HPPS, said both winners were able to create impactful PSAs. “Both students took a unique and creative approach to the PSA videos to help raise awareness about drowsy driving,” Sebuharara said. “I am extremely proud of them for taking the time to create such powerful messages in just 25 seconds.”

rural residential. That’s how it’s zoned. They don’t want a whole mass of people moving in.”

Urban said the type of development being proposed is inappropriate for the hilltop section of Bunn Hill Road and would be more appropriate downhill closer to Vestal Parkway, which has nearby access to transportation, sewer and water lines and other infrastructure to support it.

“This is high-density housing, 161 units with two to five bedrooms each and more than 500 parking spaces they want to put up on the hill,” Urban said.

“But all the infrastructure is in the valley.”

Ted Wolf, 68, of Vestal, said he supports land development as long as it is done in compliance with the existing zoning.

“I don’t have a problem with someone who owns land and wants to develop it, as long as they follow the guidelines set forth by the town at this time,” Wolf said.

However, the proposed development cannot be built under the existing rural residential (RR) zoning, so the developer is asking the Town of Vestal to grant spot zoning which, if approved, would exclusively rezone 43 acres within the RR district as

a Planned Development District (PDD). If the PDD zoning designation is granted, the change would pave the way for construction of the proposed student apartment complex.

Residents opposed to the change organized a group called Friends for Responsible Vestal Zoning, which has a Facebook group by the same name.

Victor Lamoureux, 49, of Vestal, is a member of the group and lives on Bunn Hill Road adjacent to the proposed student housing development. He attended Tuesday’s meeting carrying and distributing signs protesting the plan. He said he wanted to make clear that his opposition to the construction should not be misconstrued as being anti-student.

“We love BU students — we’re both out of BU,” Lamoureux said, referring to himself and his wife, Sheri Lamoureux.

“I got three degrees out of BU. It’s not about students — it’s about the type of development.”

Another concern from the residents is the proximity of construction to Nuthatch Hollow, a bird sanctuary and a 75-acre nature preserve that is within a quarter mile of the building site.

BU’s environmental studies program gifted the site for both educational and research purposes.

There is concern about the en-

vironmental impact the project could have on the sanctuary. Victor Lamoureux said he believes the project will be detrimental to the site.

“That property is going to be adjacent to the top of the Nuthatch Hollow Preserve,” Victor Lamoureux said. “It’s a bad precedent for the town.”

Sheri Lamoureux, 49, said she would like to see students join the effort to defeat the proposal. A previous proposal was made by a different developer for the same site, but, facing community opposition and financial difficulties, was ultimately withdrawn.

“We’re looking for students who are interested in helping us,” Sheri Lamoureux said. “We had students last time. They came last year. A number of students stood up and said, ‘We don’t want to be up on the hill.

We want to be closer to where there’s more things going on.’”

Sheri Lamoureux said a development downhill, such as University Plaza, would be more appropriate and likely more successful in attracting students.

“This is just not the right place,” Sheri Lamoureux said.

“I’m all for proper growth and proper development. I’m a big supporter of the University.”

richard jannaccio contributing photographer More than 100 residents filled Vestal Town Hall on March 3 to oppose plans to build student housing on the hilltop of Bunn Hill Road.

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Student group questions BU’s plans for women’s month history from page 1 Women’s History Month website.

March 8 is International Women’s Day, celebrated around the world as a time to reflect on the achievements of women, with this year’s theme being gender equality, commemorated on social media using the hashtag #EachforEqual.

Several events planned at Binghamton University aim to raise awareness for discrimination faced by women, recognize their achievements and further advocate for the equal treatment of women in the workplace throughout the month. The Society of Women Engineers (SWE), the Women’s Student Union (WSU), the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) and BU Athletics are several organizations coordinating such events.

According to SWE President Katherine Frey, a senior majoring in mechanical engineering, the group promotes the inclusion of women in a traditionally maledominated field and is seeking to use Women’s History Month as a way to empower women on the path to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers.

“This week, four SWE E-Board members are going to Washington, D.C. to join other SWE members from around the country to speak to Congress members and advocate for diversity in STEM education,” Frey wrote in an email. “Additionally, at our general body meeting on March 18, we will be hosting the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) to lead a workshop on leadership and how to identify and intervene in workplace microaggressions.”

Frey wrote that these two events are happening in addition to others held annually, such as workshops on coding and company cultures. The group will also feature notable women in STEM on its social media pages.

Similar events are scheduled to be held by WSU, an organiza-

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tion that seeks to support the rights of marginalized identities, according to its website. Yelena Keller-Wyman, WSU treasurer and a junior majoring in philosophy, politics and law, said the group is working on a weeklong series of events planned to commemorate the month, including hosting Sharon Bryant, director of the DEI and an associate professor of nursing at Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences, as a speaker on at 5 p.m. on Friday, March 20 in Lecture Hall 7.

Bryant’s plan, according to Keller-Wyman, is to discuss ”demographic characteristics of in-

dividuals who report experiencing discrimination in health care settings.” Keller-Wyman said the month is a vital time to not only look at women’s history, but also specifically at the successes of subsets of women.

“It’s important to not only look at white women’s history, but particularly the black women and other women of color, trans[gender] women, disabled women and the different issues that affect that,” Keller-Wyman said. “So that’s all the different intersections of feminism. That’s a big thing at the WSU because we’re an intersectional feminist group so we want to look at

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the different ways marginalized groups face different challenges.”

This theme is echoed by AMWA, a student organization that seeks to advance women in medical careers and bring attention to women’s health issues, according to its website. In an email, the AMWA E-Board highlighted Women’s History Month as a time to expand these efforts.

“AMWA’s mission for the month of March is to further implement these national goals within our chapter on campus,” the AMWA E-Board wrote in a statement to Pipe Dream. “In doing so, this month we are looking to collaborate with other clubs,

no official plans just yet, in order to communicate to our members the current issues in women’s health. As an [e-board], [Women’s History] Month is a chance to shine the light on the importance of equal representation not only in medicine, but in all fields.”

While the AMWA has plans for the month of March, the e-board would like to see more communication from the University regarding its preparations for the month.

“We are not currently aware of any efforts the University has made in honor of [Women’s History] Month,” the AMWA E-Board wrote. “With that being said, if

there is a mission from the University regarding [Women’s History] Month, it should be more advertised in order to make the resources available to the student body.”

Although the University may not yet have concrete plans, BU Athletics is honoring the month is by remembering and celebrating the careers of current and former female student-athletes on an interactive page of the BU Bearcats website. According to the website, a celebratory event is planned for April in New York City, and athletes from the past 50 years of BU Athletics will be honored.

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The lack of diversity in faculty and staff on campus leaves many vulnerable BU isn’t doing enough to support students of color and the struggles they face Kaitlyn Liu Contributing Columnist

Between the presidential election, the coronavirus and even “The Bachelor,” hate speech has become an important topic of conversation today. More often than not, hate speech stems from a place of deep-seated racism and prejudice. Hate speech is very prevalent on a global scale, and it is just as present here at Binghamton University. However, BU’s campus has very few resources for people of color, making it harder to cope when faced with hate speech, as seen in the protests that occurred in response to Turning Point USA’s (TPUSA) tabling last semester.

Following these protests, the protesters, largely racial minorities, faced intense discrimination. On social media, comments in support of TPUSA repeatedly called these protesters animals, aggressive and described them as racist toward white people. All of these labels are historically racist and essential components of what N. Jeremi Duru, a professor of law at American University, calls the myth of the “Bestial Black Man.” One student also told WBNG that “people should be respectful other than loud.” This loudness is yet another component of the stereotypical racial minority, and racialized sound has another long history of oppression.

Though the scale of protests on BU’s campus has decreased since the two protests against College Republicans and TPUSA last semester, underlying racial tensions remain. When hate speech occurs on campus, it can be extremely difficult for students of color to find adequate resources to cope. To start, the University Counseling Center (UCC) is notoriously overbooked and unavailable to students. Although UCC

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does mention the potential barriers diverse students may face when attempting to use their services, there are only 14 counselors available for a student body that BU President Harvey Stenger says could soon reach 20,000. These constraints make it nearly impossible to schedule nonemergency appointments, let alone with one of the very few counselors who are not white or white passing. This pattern repeats in the advising staff for the largest college at BU, Harpur College, which employs only two visibly nonwhite advisers. When protests like these leave students of color feeling victimized, confidential counseling with someone who understands their experiences could alleviate the intense fears many students face.

Outside of the counseling center, BU also offers very few professors of color for minority students to look up to and learn from. Only 16 percent of BU’s faculty is nonwhite, and in a 2014-15 year report, Harpur College outlined some of the main issues it faces in maintaining an inclusive work environment.

Among the 11 issues listed, three had to do with the obstacles faced by women — particularly women of color. These issues included the issue of women being “stuck” at the associate rank, dealing with bullying and harassment of women and faculty of color and the disproportionate resigning rates of female faculty and faculty of color. With underwhelming counselor availability, these pro-

fessors can often be very helpful mentors for students. However, students may struggle to discuss issues stemming from racial identity with professors who they feel cannot understand their issues on a personal level. One of the largest populations of international students at BU are from China, and they may also struggle when they are told to rely on the English Language Institute for help, which is entirely white or white passing.

With adult figures of color largely unavailable, students may begin to turn to fellow minority students for guidance. Though personal relationships and discussions can be fruitful, it can also be helpful for students to have certain spaces set aside for

them. One example of such a space is the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP), whose office in the University Union offers multiple services to increase academic success, cultural awareness and social responsibility among students of color.

Through the EOP tutoring program and other student administrative positions, students can look up to and confide in other students who look like them.

Although the Multicultural Resource Center may serve similar purposes to the EOP, its services are mostly run by adult faculty members, with undergraduate interns assisting these upper faculty members. Still, the University could benefit greatly from more student-focused resources,

given that minority students outside of the EOP program may feel less inclined to visit its office.

BU has stated its commitment to diversity through a multitude of platforms, but students today are observing very little positive change on campus. Students are repeatedly taking classes with primarily white students and white professors, told to seek assistance from white counselors and advisers or struggling to find undergraduate mentors. In the aftermath of such intense hate speech as seen last semester, it is crucial that BU steps up the availability of and diversity within on-campus services.

Kaitlyn Liu is a sophomore majoring in English.

The coronavirus won’t destroy the stock market — and it’s important to know why Students should learn the nuances of investing in the midst of a crisis Yeryeong Kim Guest Columnist

Most college students may not have any interest in the stock market, but the coronavirus presents a rare opportunity to start learning about how stocks can play a role in post-grad life.

By understanding the stock market, you can evaluate companies’ viability for work, which will help you to avoid choosing a career in a renowned company that has the potential to go bankrupt six months after you get hired. Better yet, the stock market itself gives you opportunities to get partial ownership of your favorite companies with the benefit of extra income. But to understand how to participate in the stock market, you need to understand what the stock market is.

A stock market is a public market where people can buy

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and sell shares on the stock exchange. The price of a stock is determined between the suppliers’ and buyers’ willingness to pay for partial ownership of a business or company, otherwise known as a share. Many factors can affect traders’ decisions in whether they want to sell or buy their stocks, including interest rates, inflation, unemployment, economic growth, politics and natural or man-made disasters.

One such example is how the coronavirus has been impacting the stock market enormously by disrupting supply chains among globally connected companies combined with a decrease in consumer spending. Specifically, Chinese companies have shut down factories, which means they will have trouble fulfilling the promise of importing U.S. goods.

A current market price analysis shows how severely the global financial markets are responding to the spread of the coronavirus.

Since fear of the disease took

over the market on Feb. 20, the S&P 500 dropped about 13 percent by market close on Feb. 28.

The index had lost all its gains of 2020. Major indexes from the last week of February show that the S&P in the United States decreased by 11 percent, the Dow Jones Industrial Average in the United States decreased by 12 percent, the KOSPI in South Korea decreased by 8 percent, the Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong by 4 percent and Nikkei 225 in Japan decreased by 10 percent, showing how widespread the coronavirus’ effects have been on global markets.

How should college students respond to a volatile stock market like this? Well, unless you own stocks, you likely won’t see stock market changes affect you.

If you’re looking to invest, however, you should think before acting. Stock beginners usually react too sensitively by making their decisions based on the newspaper headlines, which results in bad trades and lost mon-

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ey. Instead, like a smart investor, you shouldn’t react too much to the headlines. If you have trust in your company, and if you know the core value of that firm, keep your stock.

Statistics from past epidemics also suggest holding onto shares because of the positive stock market prospect in the near future.

According to the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P index rose 14.59 percent six months after SARS and 20.76 percent after 12 months. After six months of the MERS outbreak, the index rose 10.74 percent and after 12 months, it rose by 17.96 percent.

When similar viruses broke out, such as Ebola and Zika, the market also fluctuated at first but then rose again as time went by.

Because of this, it’s difficult to conclude that the current situation will affect the stock market negatively in the long run.

A smart investor might also have an interest in sectors that have continued to grow despite the slump, like the semicon-

ductor sector. In the KOSPI, stock prices in travel, duty-free shops, airlines and cosmetics have plummeted, but despite the slowdown in these sectors, stock prices in the semiconductor industry continue to grow because the factories remain open.

Lastly, diversifying in stock sectors is another good response to this kind of financial event. Investing all of your cash into one company can be a risky choice to make. Despite the high-riskfor-high-return rule, investors are likely to get anxious as their stock values rapidly drop — especially with the coronavirus scare.

Therefore, a mix of business sectors that are not affected will give investors some security against the market’s ups and downs since it’s less likely that all of your investments will go down.

However, before purchasing or selling shares, you need to fully consider the value and price of the firm itself. If the company’s earnings are steadily growing but the stock price went down

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just because of the coronavirus, it’s good timing to buy additional stocks for that firm. On the other hand, it’s not recommended that you make a decision to buy any stocks just because they are cheaper than their usual prices, coronavirus or not.

Epidemics are inevitable, especially as people live more closely together in modern society. Special circumstances come and go in the market, and you ought not to be too afraid about what’s happening right now — especially if you are planning for long-term investment. From this event, we once again can realize the importance of being aware of a wider context in the stock market. With this knowledge, new college-aged investors may have a chance to get higher yields on their investments — and a better appreciation for how the stock market responds to real-world events.

Yeryeong Kim is a junior majoring in business administration.

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Folk quintet Jaerv lights up Bundy Museum Annex Musicians explain history, meaning of songs Krishna Patel arts & culture

While the rain poured down steadily late Tuesday night, Binghamton community members took refuge in the Bundy Museum of History and Art as Swedish folk quintet Jaerv performed in the museum’s small, dimly lit annex.

Jaerv performed folk and traditional music from various regions of Sweden with their own twists and renditions, as well as Scottish and Irish folk music.

The entire performance was recorded to be broadcasted on the

museum’s radio station.

The concert room’s wooden interior, red curtains, carpeting and dim lighting created a warm, cozy and intimate environment that allowed the audience to experience the band and its music up close. Audience members mingled as the band tuned its instruments. The concert started off upbeat and lively with a Swedish folk dance song and a song about a family enjoying each other’s company on a cold winter night. Right from the beginning, the audience swayed along to the music and clapped the band on. The band introduced each song with some basic historic background and the song’s meaning.

The music was lively and en-

ergetic and despite the language barriers, the group’s expressiveness and liveliness made it easy to get into and follow along, which made for an engaging and entertaining performance.

The musicians tapped their feet and danced along while playing their music, enjoying themselves as they performed. Katherine McCarty, a Binghamton resident, said the band’s dynamic stood out to her during their performance.

“I really liked watching the band watch each other for cues because I’m trying to learn how to do that with my friends who I play music with,” she said.

“Watching them very subtly nod to each other and witnessing the internal magic that’s happening

Dragon Night celebrates, shares Chinese culture Chinascope presents 13th-annual event DongYoon Shin

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Binghamton University’s Chinascope filled the Mandela Room on Sunday, March 1 as the group hosted its annual banquet, Dragon Night, which ambitiously presented Chinese culture and cuisine to various student groups and individuals at BU. The name “Dragon Night” originates from the mythical dragon, or “Long,” present in Chinese folklore. Marking its 13th anniversary, Dragon Night is one of Chinascope’s most significant events of the year, with more than 200 people attending this year’s event.

Chinascope, founded in 1999, is one of the oldest Asian student organizations on campus.

The club’s primary goal is to foster Chinese cultural awareness among students from a variety of backgrounds. By hosting Dragon Night, the club aims to provide an open stage for talent and intercultural communication.

Lu Yves, president of Chinascope and a senior majoring in English, said she believes that the

club’s diversity and inclusiveness are what makes the event special. “[Though] the main goal for Dragon Night is to spread the Chinese culture, we are also inclusive with different cultures,” she said.

“We are open to everyone on campus. Anyone can come and enjoy our events.”

The night started with a dinner that Chinascope members prepared, which included some familiar Chinese dishes like lo mein, followed by a fortune cookie for dessert. After the brief dinner, the guests lined up in front of a photo booth with a dragon-themed background prepared by the club.

The banquet listed 10 showcases for the night, with some performances emphasizing the exhibition of modern Chinese pop culture. Performers sang or danced to Chinese pop songs like “Qing Hua Ci” by Jay Chou, while the skit that the Chinascope E-Board prepared playfully portrayed young Chinese generations’ love toward K-pop.

Still, Dragon Night didn’t overlook the more traditional elements of Chinese culture, and the audience got to hear some traditional Chinese instruments such as the pipa, a four-stringed musical instrument with a pear-shaped

Chinascope hosted it’s 13th-annual Dragon Night on Sunday, March 1.

wooden body.

The crowd cheered for every set that Chinascope’s E-Board members and performers prepared. The skits made everyone laugh, while the surprise farewell gift that the e-board prepared for their graduating seniors created a wholesome moment.

Mary Hu, a sophomore majoring in integrative neuroscience, was invited to the event as the president of International Connection, a student group for international students to bond and celebrate their diversity. Hu said she was excited to see how the night turned out.

“Every year, Dragon Night is always amazing,” Hu said. “I can tell that [Chinascope] put [in] a lot of work. [The e-board members] are always welcoming, and even tonight, they were making sure that everyone is happy and enjoying their night.”

Benjamin Squillante, a senior majoring in accounting, also said he enjoyed the event, noting it was a great memory for his last Dragon Night as an undergraduate student.

“It was a flawlessly exciting time and probably the most fun I’ve had so far this semester,” he said.

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up there was my favorite part.”

The members of Jaerv mentioned this was their seventh time in Binghamton. The last time they performed in the city was over the summer during the New York Faerie Festival. Many audience members, including Joan Hebb, a Binghamton resident, first heard Jaerv perform there. Hebb said she has been a fan of the band’s music ever since then.

“It’s fun music,” she said.

“We had a blast at the [New York] Faerie Festival out in a big meadow so this is very different, hearing them here in this setting. It reminds me of a place I used to go when I lived in Copenhagen. It’s a very familiar feeling to me and I enjoy it

a lot.”

The band played a unique array of instruments including a fiddle, guitar, flute, soprano saxophone, drums and a Nordic instrument called the key fiddle.

All of the musicians frequently switched instruments between and even during songs.

“I really liked the variety of instruments,” Hebb said. “I don’t know how to describe the music. It’s not actually Celtic, but it’s a rock and folk kind of thing.”

The songs the band played were lively and upbeat and often inspired by Nordic folk stories, including a story about a farmer bargaining with a fox, a 600-year-old ballad about a pregnant girl being cursed by

her evil mother-in-law, a farmer’s 50th birthday party and even a 1700s party song.

Every one of Jaerv’s songs was met with enthusiastic audience applause at the end. They received a standing ovation at the end and were asked to do an encore. CDs were on sale after the performance.

Andru Bemis, one of the organizers of the concert, said events like these can bring joy and a unique experience to community members.

“It makes people smile,” he said. “It makes people laugh. It makes people happy. It introduces us to other people who we wouldn’t meet otherwise. I can’t imagine living without music, honestly.”

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Best spots in Binghamton Artisan Gallery spends First Friday in full bloom to thrift vintage clothing Spring Flower Show features diverse mediums

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The Artisan Gallery brought the spirit of spring into Binghamton with an exhibition inspired by the Philadelphia Flower Show on Friday, March 6 as a part of First Friday.

The Artisan Gallery is a member of Broome County Arts Council, which offers local artists a platform to showcase and sell their work. The Spring Flower Show, which features more than 40 Broome County artists, is available to view from March 5 to March 27, and includes a range of mediums such as photography, oil paintings, sculptures and floral arrangements.

The Binghamton Garden Club, formed in 1927, is the main sponsor of the exhibition.

Cheryl Miller, chair of the Binghamton Garden Club, said the exhibition can help draw attention to their efforts.

“We hope people will notice our club, and we are looking for more members,” Miller said.

“We thought it was fitting that we’d sponsor [the Spring Flower Show] because this is what we’re all about. I think flowers, beauty and gardening go together.”

A piece of photography by Aaron Rodriguez, one of the artists featured in the Spring Flower Show, was taken from the Cutler Botanic Garden on Front Street, portraying a pink coneflower with a bee. Rodriguez said he was excited to see his photo featured in the Artisan Gallery and First Friday.

“It connects with people around and outside Broome County,” Rodriguez said. “It doesn’t matter what age or who you are — it’s a wonderful com-

The Binghamton area has had a long-flourishing history of businesses tied to the fashion industry.

The Endicott-Johnson Shoe Company was founded in 1899 and was a thriving industry in the area for decades. With important historical ties to fashion, it is no wonder that Binghamton now has numerous vintage clothing stores with a variety of options to fit any style.

Shopping vintage is a great way to help the environment, and giving a new life to used clothing is a great way to express unique styles and prevent landfills from being packed with unnecessary garbage.

Here is Pipe Dream’s guide to the best places to shop vintage in Binghamton.

Mabel D. Orr Fashion Boutique, 118 Washington St. This is arguably one of the best places to shop both vintage and consignment pieces in Bingham-

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ton, and it’s the place to be if you need help expressing your individual style. The owner is helpful with finding the perfect pieces for any special occasion or just an everyday outfit. The store’s welcoming environment and an abundance of Levi and Calvin Klein jeans, occasion dresses, vintage jewelry, sweaters and business attire will surely keep you shopping for hours. The pieces are constantly being rotated in and out, and there are often sales at the end of each season.

Stephen’s Vintage Clothing, 141 Washington St. If you want to jazz up your basic outfits with unique pieces, then Stephen’s Vintage Clothing is the place for you as it offers offbeat vintage graphic T-shirts, scarves, sweaters and jeans. Unlike many other stores, Stephen’s is strictly vintage and the owner has quite an eye for unique, beautiful pieces.

The prices are very affordable for college students who don’t want to break the bank, but keep in mind, it is cash only.

The Salvation Army, 3-5 Griswold St. The Salvation Army is a chain

store with locations across the nation, and Binghamton’s location has a reputation for being one of the best in the area. Brands like Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren and Nike are extremely common and the pieces are almost always in perfect condition. If you’re looking for something vintage or special, this is the perfect place as it has dresses from the ’60s and sometimes designer bags and shoes if you look hard enough. The store also has special deals each day depending on the color tag attached to the clothes, so keep your eye out for extra savings.

Vintageness Consignment Boutique, 125 Rano Blvd.

This store is unique in that it offers both high-end, designer pieces and everyday clothes. Brands like Kate Spade, Louis Vuitton, Coach and Dooney & Bourke are sold for a fraction of their original prices which will give a fix to anyone who has a love for designer brands. Levi, Adidas, J.Crew and St. John’s Bay clothing items are also offered for people who don’t want to drop hundreds of dollars on a single shopping trip.

provided by broome county arts council The Artisan Gallery’s Spring Flower Show features diverse depictions of nature in bloom.

munity.”

Shawn Graham, another artist featured in the Spring Flower Show, used his kitchen sink as a makeshift studio to create his piece titled “Tyger Tyger, Burning Bright,” a shot of a tiger lily lit on fire.

“I’ve seen something similar but with a wider shot,” Graham said. “I thought I [could] make an effective image that’s very close-up.”

Other works include subjects distant from Broome County. A close-up photo of a rose was taken by Sarah Jones, another artist in the show, in Virginia during a vacation. This is the second art show she has participated in.

“Photography is still new to me,” Jones said. “It’d just become a big passion in my life. So just to be a part of this and share my work with other people is a great feeling to me.”

The exhibition also includes sculptures of flowers, using hard materials to interpret soft and delicate petals. A mixed-media piece titled “Hydrangea Pop” by Suzanne Ward, an artist in the show, makes use of glass mosaics and silk flower pieces to create a three-dimensional effect.

“I think we have opportunities through art to enhance the community,” Ward said. “I’m so pleased to be a part of [First Friday] this time.”

Mabel D. Orr Fashion Boutique is one of Binghamton’s many thrift and vintage stores.

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Women’s lacrosse rallies to defeat Quinnipiac Bobcats Six unanswered goals propel BU to 10-8 victory Timothee Markbreiter contributing writer

After a tough loss on Tuesday, the Binghamton women’s lacrosse team regained momentum and came from behind to beat Quinnipiac on Saturday.

The Bearcats (2-5) defeated the Bobcats (2-4) in a 10-8 victory in Hamden, Connecticut.

Senior midfielder Alissa Franze opened the game with a free position goal, but the Bobcats controlled the game early on and took an early 6-3 lead.

The Bearcats had a few shooting space violations called against them, resulting in three free position goals for the Bobcats.

After the first period concluded, the Bearcats came out hot in the second half, with junior midfielder Alyssa Sanchez scoring a free position shot, followed by another goal a minute later by sophomore attack Sidra Morchower.

“Our defensive mentality was to play tough and aggressive, and that was going to cost us some fouls,” said Binghamton head coach Stephanie Allen. “We were willing to give up some of those to stay in our rhythm.”

From there, the Bearcats stepped up for the rest of the

game, scoring six unanswered goals to take a slim 9-6 lead with 9:33 remaining in the second half. Senior goalie Taylor Passuello was strong down the stretch, making 11 saves throughout the game to seal the victory for the Bearcats while only allowing eight goals.

Soon after BU took a threegoal lead, the Bobcats scored two goals 36 seconds apart, cutting the Bearcats’ lead to one goal with eight minutes remaining.

However, the Binghamton defense held throughout the final minutes of the game. Quinnipiac was unable to score the tying goal, and with 11 seconds remaining in the game, junior attack Paige Volkmann scored an insurance goal for BU to secure a two-point margin of victory.

“We’ve talked all season about stopping the runs and today we had the mindset that we weren’t going home with retreats,” Allen said. “Our defensive unit came up with stops when we needed it most today too. It just came down to converting on the other end.”

Leading the Bearcats in scoring was senior midfielder Olivia Batista, who netted a hat trick.

Two of her goals came as part of the 6-0 second-half run that won the game for Binghamton, and she had one assist, totaling for four points. Sanchez was also crucial to the team’s success, as

she scored two goals and recovered six draw controls. Volkmann contributed two points with one goal and one assist, continuing her standout season. Volkmann leads the team with 14 goals and is ninth in the America East in goals per game and points per game. Other goal scorers for BU

included freshman midfielder Isabella Meli and senior attack Lindsey Stephen.

With seven Bearcats scoring, Allen emphasized that there was not one standout player in the game, highlighting that the team worked as a cohesive unit.

“That’s the type of team we

have and how we are going to be most successful — one with multiple threats and a group that works together to get results,” Allen said. “In the past, we’ve had to rely on single players to put the team on their back and this year, everyone has a job and if one person is having an off day,

Senior attack Olivia Batista scored a hat trick, including two second-half goals, in Binghamton’s 10-8 win over Quinnipiac.

the team has players that can pick up the slack. It’s definitely a team effort.”

Next up for the Bearcats is a home game against Colgate University on Wednesday, March 11.

Opening draw control is set for 4 p.m. from the Bearcats Sports Complex in Vestal, New York.

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Softball splits four games in three-day tournament Howard allows no runs across 5.2 innings pitched Ryan Giglio

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The Binghamton softball team continued its early season play this weekend by splitting four

games at the Hampton & Norfolk State Tournament. The Bearcats (3-12) were victorious in their first two games, beating Norfolk State 5-4 on Friday and Wagner 8-0 on Saturday, but concluded the tournament in a disappointing fashion with losses at the hands of Hampton on Saturday and Delaware on Sunday.

Continuing with the early season trend, Binghamton saw strong production from its pitching staff while its offense often struggled.

“We’ve been really happy with overall how our pitchers have been doing,” said Binghamton head coach Michelle Johnston.

“And I think if we can kind of get our offense going and [get] a little

rose coschignano pipe dream photographer Senior outfielder Stephanie Ragusa collected four hits and scored three runs in Binghamton’s 8-0 win over Wagner on Saturday.

more confident, then we’ll start to see some better results.”

Johnston said she was pleased with how her pitchers kept the team in games, evident by the staff’s collective 2.77 ERA in the tournament.

Senior pitcher Rayn Gibson led the team with 10.1 innings spread across two starts, though she lost them both. Gibson struggled slightly in her first start, giving up five runs (four earned) on six hits, five walks and eight strikeouts against Hampton (15-4). She bounced back on Sunday by allowing two runs (none earned) on two hits and four punch-outs.

The Bearcats seemed to lose Sunday’s game because of two miscues in the top of the fourth.

Delaware (19-4) scored its first run thanks to a fielding error by sophomore second baseman Marissa Braito and its second thanks to a wild pitch later in the inning.

Binghamton also received strong pitching performances from senior Rozlyn Price, junior Chelsea Howard and sophomore Morgan Bienkowski. With three shutout innings, Price picked up her first win of the season against Wagner (3-6) while also hitting 1-3 with an RBI double in that game. Howard appeared as a reliever in two games and tossed multiple shutout innings in both. She sat down nine batters and gave up zero walks in her 5.2 innings. “[Howard] has been really ef-

fective coming in off of a lot of pitchers,” Johnston said. “She’s got really good control of her pitches right now. I think she’s confident in what she’s throwing and that’s making a big difference for her.”

Bienkowski started BU’s opening game of the weekend against Norfolk State (6-12), throwing seven innings and giving up four runs on eight hits while striking out nine and walking nobody. She secured the win thanks to a twoout, two-run homer from Price in the top of the seventh. Senior catcher Sara Herskowitz then followed that with a two-run single to give BU the lead.

Johnston said she was happy to see the offense build off each other’s momentum to bunch hits together and capitalize with multiple runs.

“That’s what we’re looking for,” Johnston said. “We’ve been working for those back-to-backs offensively because that’s how we’re going to score runs. I think that was a really good example of where, if we can continue to do that, then that’ll put us in a better spot offensively.”

Herskowitz, along with a few other returners, has struggled so far this season, but her .600 batting average led the Bearcats this weekend. She also scored twice, picked up two RBIs and collected two multi-hit games.

“She’s got the ability to both use small game and hit for power,”

Johnston said. “I think she’s got a little ways to go as far as building some confidence and getting a little more aggressive, but I think that’s something that we’re kind of working on with a lot of [Binghamton batters].”

Other Bearcat batters with big weekends included Braito, senior outfielder Stephanie Ragusa, junior shortstop Makayla Alvarez and freshman outfielder Tessa Nuss. Braito went 7-for-13 with two runs. Ragusa collected six hits in 15 at-bats and posted career highs with four hits and three runs against Wagner. She leads the team with a .400 average on the season. Alvarez hit 5-for-12 for a .417 average this weekend with three runs and three RBIs, while Nuss added four hits in 12 at-bats and three runs.

“Right now we’ve been putting [Ragusa, Nuss and Braito] at the top of our lineup because they’ve been doing such a good job at putting pressure on defenses,” Johnston said. “We feel like we can use their speed off of each other, so we’ve been happy with what the three of them have been doing at the top of their lineup. Hopefully we can figure out a way to score them more often.”

Next up for the Bearcats is the Liberty Softball Challenge, where they will play five games.

First pitch in the opener against Northern Illinois is set for 9 a.m. on Friday, March 13 at Kamphuis Field in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Men’s lacrosse falls to Hobart, continues losing streak Greenblatt leads Bearcats with four points Lance Kim

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The Binghamton men’s lacrosse team suffered its third straight loss on Saturday, 16-9 to Hobart College. Despite keeping the score close for most of the contest, the Bearcats (1-5) were unable to withstand a six-goal fourth quarter by the Statesmen (4-1).

“I was proud of the way we fought,” said Binghamton head coach Kevin McKeown. “We were right with them and cut it to a one-goal game in the third. Unfortunately, we gave up three quick ones, and we ran out of gas a little bit in the fourth quarter. You can see that in the ground ball disparity. They’re a really good team, and I thought we did some things better today, but not well enough to get the win.”

The Bearcats jumped out to an

early 2-0 lead with a goal by freshman midfielder Thomas Greenblatt in the first minute. Greenblatt quickly added to his point total by assisting on a goal scored by freshman midfielder Ryan McBeth 75 seconds later. After a high-scoring first quarter, Binghamton held a 4-3 lead, but that was the last lead the Bearcats would have for the rest of the game. “[Greenblatt] was awesome today; I thought he did a great job,” McKeown said. “He had a really good sense of the game. He lets things come to him, reading the defense and finding the open guy.

We’ve been really impressed with him in his first year and I think the sky’s the limit going forward.”

Though the Statesmen’s offense was kept in check early on, three of their players were able to collect three or more goals by the end of the game. Senior midfielder Justin Scott scored four goals, senior attack Eric Holden scored three goals and junior attack Ryan Archer had three goals of his own. At the end

of the game, the Bearcats were outshot 11-6 in the fourth quarter and 45-34 total. Redshirt freshman goalie Teddy Dolan saved 13 shots in the contest. McKeown said his team seemed a little more fatigued by the end of the game than their opposition.

“I think their transition, depth and speed on defense and offense were hard to deal with,” McKeown said. “I feel like especially toward the end their guys looked a little bit fresher than ours.”

Greenblatt finished the day as Binghamton’s top scorer, scoring a hat trick and recording one assist.

Sophomore attack Kevin Winkoff also scored twice in the game.

With just one nonconference game remaining before the start of America East play, the Bearcats have a trip to Philadelphia to face Drexel this Saturday.

“I think cleaning up our stick work is the biggest thing,” McKeown said. “We had 18 turnovers, and we felt like a lot of those were unforced where it wasn’t anything

they were doing or any pressure they were putting on us — we just threw it at a guy’s feet or threw it out of bounds. We’ve gotta clean

that up if we’re going to get into the win column a little bit more.”

The Bearcats will look to win their second game of the season

against the Dragons (3-3). Opening faceoff is set for 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 14 from Vidas Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

lucas peterka staff photographer Freshman midfielder Thomas Greenblatt tallied three goals and one assist in Binghamton’s loss to Hobart College on Saturday.

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Junior outfielder Shane Marshall recorded seven hits and five RBIs in Binghamton’s three-game series sweep against VMI.

Baseball sweeps three-game series against VMI on road Bearcats outscore Keydets 27-7 in dominating wins Aidan Higgins

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The Binghamton baseball team completed a three-game sweep against Virginia Military Institute over the weekend, holding VMI to only seven runs total throughout the series. The wins extend the Bearcats’ (5-7) winning streak to four games.

“Solid weekend of baseball,” said Binghamton head coach Tim Sinicki. “We played well in all three phases of the game.

Back to work on Tuesday to get ready [for] the next series.”

On Friday, Binghamton battled with VMI (4-11) before opening up the score late in the game to secure an 8-2 victory.

The Bearcats trailed by one until

the sixth inning, when redshirt senior second baseman Alex Baratta singled to center field.

Following two wild pitches that allowed Baratta to advance to third, sophomore first baseman Kevin Gsell singled to left field to score Baratta and tie up the game. The score remained tied until the eighth inning when the Bearcats opened up the game with an RBI double from Baratta, scoring junior center fielder Shane Marshall, who walked to lead off the inning and stole second before Baratta brought him in to make it 2-1.

After a slew of wild pitches, Baratta was able to score to make it 3-1. Senior catcher TJ Wegmann, who led the Bearcats with three hits, doubled to right-center and then scored following an RBI single from freshman infielder Andrew Tan to take a 4-1 lead. After VMI

scored a run in the bottom of the eighth, the Bearcats’ offense fired on all cylinders and scored four runs in the ninth to seal the victory. Gsell tripled down the line to score three runners, and Wegmann followed with an RBI single to make it 8-2.

Defensively for BU, sophomore pitcher Thomas Babalis pitched seven solid innings, giving up six hits and striking out five batters with just one earned run. Bearcat sophomore Ryan Bryggman pitched the final two innings, striking out the last VMI batter to seal Friday’s victory and earn a save.

Saturday’s game was another all-around solid performance from the Bearcats, who racked up 15 hits and scored in six out of the nine innings to easily roll past VMI 12-3. Binghamton outhit the Keydets 10-4, with Marshall and Baratta leading the

way offensively. Both Marshall and Baratta had three hits and two RBIs a piece. The Bearcats got off to a quick start, with freshman right fielder Tommy Reifler hitting a double down the left-field line to lead off the game and Marshall cracking a double to center to bring Reifler in.

In similar fashion, Baratta singled to center to bring home Marshall, giving Binghamton an early 2-0 lead. The game was quiet from both teams until the fifth, when a sacrifice fly from sophomore infielder Zachary Taylor brought home Gsell to make it 3-1. From there, the Bearcats turned on the jets offensively, scoring two runs in the sixth, three in the seventh, one in the eighth and three in the ninth to total 12 runs, capping off a dominant game at the plate.

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On the mound for the Bearcats on Saturday was sophomore pitcher Jack Collins, who held VMI scoreless in five innings pitched and gave up only three hits along the way.

Finally, Binghamton (5-7) capped off the sweep on Sunday with a 7-2 victory. Binghamton opened up the scoring in the third inning. After singles from junior shortstop Jake Evans and junior left fielder Andrew Eng, a double from Marshall scored both to give Binghamton a 2-0 lead that was kept for the whole game.

Binghamton then unloaded offensively in the fifth inning.

Marshall and Gsell each recorded RBI singles to make it 4-0. Senior third baseman Justin Drpich continued the scoring spree with a two-run single to center field, slowly putting the game out of reach for VMI. Although

VMI recorded two runs in the bottom of the fifth, they were unable to score for the remainder of the game. A ninth-inning RBI single from Baratta made it seven runs scored, which finalized Binghamton’s score in the game.

On the mound for the Bearcats was junior pitcher Josh Kopcza, who allowed only two hits and two runs in five innings pitched. He struck out five batters along the way before freshman pitcher Dylan Gearhart came out of the bullpen. Gearhart held VMI scoreless in his four innings pitched and struck out five to record his first collegiate save.

The Bearcats return to action on Friday, March 13 to begin a four-game series against Towson University. First pitch is set for 3 p.m. from John B. Schuerholz Park in Towson, Maryland.

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DePrez wins 184-pound title at EIWA Championships Bearcats place sixth at conference tournament Edward Aaron

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For the first time since 2015, and only the second time in program history since joining the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) in 2013, Binghamton has a conference champion. No. 4 redshirt sophomore Lou DePrez avenged a dual meet loss from earlier in the season to knock out No. 15 senior Chris Weiler of Lehigh and claim the 184-pound title at the 2020 EIWA Championships.

“Winning this tournament, it’s so hard to do it,” said Binghamton head coach Kyle Borshoff. “The guys that are winning this tournament, they’re as good as anyone in the country.”

DePrez was the lone Bearcat to lock up an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships at the two-day event, hosted by Lehigh University. After the unexpected indefinite suspension of redshirt senior Zahid Valencia of Arizona State, the nation’s top-ranked wrestler at 184 pounds and the consensus national championship favorite, Valencia did not compete at the Pac-12 Championships on Saturday, meaning he will be ineligible for the NCAAs. With a wide-open race, DePrez now has a legitimate chance to become Binghamton’s first-ever national champion. “[DePrez] has beaten pretty much every one of the top guys in the country,” Borshoff said.

“There’s now only one guy in the country that has a win over us that we don’t alternatively have a win over him. [DePrez] has now been split with a lot of the top guys.

He’s got some outright wins over some of the other top guys. I think he’ll go in with a very, very high seed. I would be shocked if he’s not in the top five, and I think he can win the national title.”

edward aaron assistant sports editor Redshirt sophomore Lou DePrez won the 184-pound title at the 2020 EIWA Championships, earning the second individual EIWA Championships in Binghamton program history.

Elsewhere at the EIWA Championships, two other Bearcats entered the second day of the tournament undefeated and in semifinal matchups: redshirt sophomore Zack Trampe and senior Anthony Sparacio, Binghamton’s two other reigning NCAA qualifiers. Both suffered losses, with Trampe being defeated in extra time and Sparacio dropping an 8-4 decision.

Trampe won his consolation semifinal and the third-place bout, but there were just two automatic NCAA qualifiers at 133 pounds, so Trampe will be forced to hope for an at-large bid.

“I’m really proud of [Trampe],” Borshoff said. “He was really upset after losing in the semifinals … and he found a way to get through his wrestleback against Penn in a dominating fashion, and then he beat a very, very good opponent from Navy.”

Trampe is currently ranked No. 26 in the coaches’ poll, but he missed a substantial portion of the season because of injury, which may influence his chances of receiving a bid to nationals.

“I’m really hoping that he’s gonna get an at-large bid to nationals,” Borshoff said. “I think

that he’s had a great season, he’s got a great win percentage, he’ll have a good RPI, coaches’ ranking, so I think he’s done enough that he should be getting through to the NCAA [Championships] … I’m really hoping for him to get one of those, but nothing’s guaranteed.”

After defeating the No. 1 wrestler in his weight class on Friday, Sparacio had a challenging Saturday. With five NCAA berths at 141, he needed to win just one bout to qualify. After dropping the championship semifinal, he was defeated in the consolation semifinal. In the fifth-place bout, he lost a 3-2

heartbreaker after several rounds of extra time.

“Sparacio left it all on the mat,” Borshoff said. “He’s got a shot at getting an at-large bid as well. I’m proud of that kid, what he did since he got here at Binghamton, [he] came in, transferred to us, believed in what we were doing, bought into the program and did a great job for the past two years.”

Redshirt sophomore Joe Doyle was the only Bearcat to begin Saturday in the consolation bracket, needing to win three bouts to place third and qualify for nation-

als. He won his first bout of the day but was defeated in the consolation semifinals and the fifthplace bout, placing sixth.

While Binghamton had one of its roughest dual meet seasons in recent memory, the team matched its program-high finish from last season’s EIWA Championships, taking sixth place in the team standings.

“We had a rough dual meet season, obviously — we didn’t win many,” Borshoff said. “We had some things happen within the team where we had different guys than we thought we’d have at this point in the season, and I think that was hard on everyone, me included. We battled through that, we got our guys here and then they performed well, I think they exceeded expectations. We certainly wrestled to a way better team finish than they had ranked before this.”

The four Bearcats to advance to day two of the event were widely expected to lead BU at the event and compete for NCAA bids, but several other members of the team earned critical team points on Saturday. True freshmen Sam DePrez and Tommaso Frezza, two Bearcats not expected to be in the lineup this season, both earned pins at the event. “[Sam] DePrez scored five points for our team,” Borshoff said. “When you look at the way these tournaments are run, and we talk about this as a team all the time, at this event and the NCAA Championships, bonus points mean everything … Both [Frezza] and [Sam DePrez] did a good job scoring those points.”

While Lou DePrez trains to compete for a national title and All-American recognition, Trampe and Sparacio will hope to hear their names called in the NCAA selection show on Wednesday, March 11. The 2020 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships will be held from March 19 to March 21 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Women’s basketball eliminated in conference semifinals semifinals from page 1 contributions from senior guard Karlee Krchnavi, junior forward Olivia Ramil, sophomore forward Annie Ramil, senior guard Kai Moon and freshman guard Denai Bowman. Despite the surge in the final period, the Bearcats could not overcome the deficit, and the Seawolves walked away with the victory and a home championship game.

“One game does not define who you are as a team or how your season went,” Shapiro Ord said. “Unfortunately, tonight it was a tough one and our shots just weren’t falling. We just couldn’t string them up.”

Leading Binghamton in scoring were Moon and Olivia Ramil, who both had 11 points. Out of the 31 games played this season, Moon has scored in double digits in 29 of them and surpassed 600 points in the season with this game. Moon was named the AE Player of the Year, and she leads the conference with 608 points, 108 more than the nexthighest scorer. She now has 1,476 career points.

“These last four years have been amazing,” Moon said. “I just wanted to see the floor in some way, and I got blessed to see 40 minutes for about four years, and I was incredibly lucky this last year. I didn’t know that this season was going to go the way it did. I was going to put in the work to make sure that I would be the best player I could be for my team.”

Olivia Ramil also had five rebounds and two blocks and is now fifth in the AE in blocks, right behind senior guard Carly Boland.

Olivia Ramil’s sister, Annie Ramil, also provided some points for BU, ending the game with eight

sidney slon assistant photo editor Junior forward Olivia Ramil finished the postseason as Binghamton’s leading scorer, with 17 points in the team’s quarterfinal win and 11 in the Bearcats’ semifinal loss to Stony Brook.

points and five rebounds. After playing less than three minutes in the quarterfinal game against UNH before having to be taken off the court because of injury, Annie Ramil returned to the court and played 28 minutes in the game.

The combined efforts of Stony Brook sophomore guard Anastasia Warren, junior forward In-

dia Pagan and graduate student guard Kaela Hilaire helped SBU secure the win, as Warren had 18 points, Pagan had 14 and Hilaire had 11. There were questions en-

tering the game as to whether Pagan would play, as she had missed the previous three games due to injury, and this was her first appearance since Feb. 23. She did

not start, but played 25 minutes.

“I’m ready for any game,” Pagan said during a postgame press conference. “It’s the end of the season. I’m going to give all I have, everything that’s in the tank.”

While the team’s NCAA Tournament hopes have been dashed, the Bearcats are expected to be se-

lected for the 2020 Women’s Basketball Invitational (WBI). This would be Binghamton’s secondever appearance in the WBI, and its second in three years.

“I’m very disappointed, obviously, but there’s still more basketball to be played,” Shapiro Ord said. “There’s one more tournament and we’re going to be in it.”