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Students showed support during annual pride week
This past week was Binghamton University’s second annual LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) Pride Week, which is aimed at bringing advocacy and education of LGBT issues to students. Jen Hapgood, the chairperson...
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University signed $1.4M deal with mining company
Students stood in defiance outside the Glenn G. Bartle Library last week as they protested Binghamton University’s $1.4 million deal with natural gas drilling company Chesapeake Appalachia. On Aug. 6, 2008 the...
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Bouncers rule the night on State Street
A freshman here at Binghamton University could spend at least $100 in a dark alley of New York City to get a fake ID. Fast forward to his first night out at...
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My nighttime worries: Tiny insects, my future
I am obsessed with bed bugs. No, I don’t mean this in a scientific-study sense, like that I find them and place them under a microscope and ogle them and comprehend their...
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Students unite against bullying through awareness
Students on college campuses and high schools across the country have pledged to wear purple Wednesday to honor the six recent gay suicide victims. The victims, Tyler Clementi, Asher Brown, Seth Walsh,...
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The confessions of a now-recovering laundry fascist
Folks, I did a bad thing last year. And I’ve owned up to it to only a few close friends ‘ it’s not something I’m proud of. I was doing laundry one...
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When it comes to Felix Hernandez, throw ‘W’s out the window
Felix Hernandez is the American League’s best pitcher. Conventional baseball thinkers might disagree, citing Hernandez’s mundane 13-12 record. They might argue that CC Sabathia (21-7), David Price (19-6), Jon Lester (19-9), Clay...
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Statewide 2010 election candidates' platforms profiled
Last Friday, Pipe Dream previewed local legislative races in the Binghamton area. This issue takes a statewide focus, as several statewide positions will also be on the ballot in November for New...
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A new chapter
Binghamton University received a letter with some very good news in the mail yesterday. And according to the letter, a preliminary inquiry by the NCAA found no major infractions in the practices...
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Election grievances
The Rules Committee convened Thursday to hear Newing College Council’s claim of a fraudulent Student Association re-election. The committee, which did not have the power to act on the grievance, unanimously ruled...