Brandon Ng

Editor-in-Chief

bng1294@binghamton.edu

87 Articles


Housing Issue 2023

One year later: a look back on Mayor Kraham's student housing zoning changes

Last July, Binghamton Mayor Jared Kraham proposed an ordinance to “curb student housing.” The law, passed by Binghamton’s City Council last October, modernized the city’s zoning law and prohibited student rentals in...


News

Molinaro's support for impeachment inquiry draws criticism

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the speaker of the House, announced Tuesday that he was opening an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. Rep. Marc Molinaro, who represents Greater Binghamton in Congress, then issued...


Feature

Joseph Tyler lifts Team USA to gold medal

Joseph Tyler, a Binghamton University freshman majoring in biology, recently competed at the 2023 International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) World Junior and Sub-Junior Classic Championships in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, powering Team USA to a...


Community

Bundy Museum faces funding crunch, may close at the end of 2023

A Binghamton cultural icon might be forced to close amid a funding shortfall. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Bundy Museum of History & Art was the home of...


Community

Mayor announces plans for a $40 million affordable housing project

In August 2022, Binghamton Mayor Jared Kraham announced a plan to revitalize Clinton Street in the City’s First Ward. Today, he announced plans for a $40 million affordable housing project. Development of...


Campus News

University sees record number of applications as 18,600 students return to Binghamton

18,600 students returned to Binghamton University this past weekend, as the University received a record 58,400 total applications for the fall 2023 semester. Approximately 3,000 first-year students ultimately enrolled out of a...


Campus News

'Statewide issues' cause first day internet outage

A regional power outage that crashed internet access greeted students for their first day of classes. At 11:01 a.m., a B-Alert sent to the student body said that Binghamton University’s Information Technology...


Campus News

University announces artificial turf replacing grass fields in Dickinson, CIW, drawing criticism from students

An announcement that artificial turf would replace grass fields in College-in-the-Woods and Dickinson Community evoked largely negative reactions from students. Along with new seating areas and lights, the new fields are scheduled...


Community

Battisti beats incumbent Korchak in Republican primary grudge rematch for DA

Incumbent Broome County District Attorney Michael Korchak has lost renomination in the June 27 Republican primary election, according to unofficial results published by the county’s Board of Elections. Arguing that Broome County...


News

Supreme Court guts affirmative action

The Supreme Court has declared affirmative action in higher education admissions unconstitutional — a decision widely expected by legal experts given the Court’s conservative composition. Supported by the Court’s six Republican-appointed justices,...