Arts & Culture
Paul Brick: student-turned screenwriter
Wearing a comfortable, light blue button-down and a fuzzy brown sweatshirt over top, Paul Brick sits comfortably in his chair with a warm, reassuring smile on his face. “I never wanted to...
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John Smelcer: Binghamton University creative writing professor and Alaskan native
Walking into his creative writing class, it’s immediately apparent that there is something different about professor John Smelcer. Maybe it’s his laid-back jeans-and-a-sweater style, or the way he speaks to his class...
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Laurie McCarthy: Binghamton University's horse expert, jewlery-maker & teacher
While some get their blue eyes from their mother or freckles from their father, Lauren McCarthy inherited something she likes to call a "horse ...
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Looking for stuff to do: Week of Oct. 25, 2011
Monday, Oct. 24 Building Bridges to Cultural Competency The University Center for Training and Development is hosting a workshop to increase awareness of cultural differences with a short video and an in-depth...
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Classic horror vs. modern horror
Horror is a genre of film that captivates people with fear. It is filled with gore, suspense and mystery. Horror faces the concepts we are all afraid to think about. Classic horror...
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Classic horror vs. modern horror
Horror is a genre of film that captivates people with fear. It is filled with gore, suspense and mystery. Horror faces the concepts we are all afraid to think about. Classic horror...
Arts & Culture
How to celebrate Halloween in college
There’s nothing quite like Halloween. It’s a time when your identity crisis will seem like good old fun, when you’ll be encouraged to take candy from that stranger in his unmarked white...
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BU professor expert in ghostlore
For Binghamton University’s Libby Tucker, an English professor and faculty master, a preoccupation with ghosts and horror isn’t just for the Halloween season, although it is her favorite holiday. The paranormal has...
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Top entertainment to be spooked by
TV 1. “The Walking Dead” (AMC) Although “The Walking Dead” is a serious television drama centered on a zombie apocalypse, this show is mostly about human relationships and how people would act...
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Costume predictions: what you'll probably see on the streets this year
This year could be described as one big, colorful collage of potential Halloween costumes. From over-the-top outfits to unexplainable behavior, summer Marvel blockbusters, two weddings dubbed “the wedding of the century” and...