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Funeral for BU Counselor, alum today

Kristen Faust, a social worker at Binghamton University’s Counseling Center, died unexpectedly on Monday, Oct. 9. Faust, 27, was a former BU student, earning a bachelor’s in psychology in 2000 and an...


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Bearcats win crucial road victory

Before Wednesday’s match with University of Maryland, Baltimore County, men’s soccer head coach Paul Marco called upon his offense to step up in order to counter the conference’s second-highest-scoring team: “We need...


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Spoken word movement grips BU

The room is quiet, filled with people of different races, genders and religious beliefs, all entranced by the one person on the mic whose spewing words a mile a minute. But these...


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Sweet Release: Gettin’ busy with yourself at BU

In college, opportunities to engage in masturbation become alarmingly restricted. For many, the personal freedom and lack of authority that accompany going away to school are welcome changes, but they also come...


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No offseason for BU baseball team

The Binghamton fall sports teams are in full swing, but the baseball team is also taking some full swings of its own. Despite being out of season, BU baseball and the other...


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It’s Friday the 13th–are you feeling unlucky?

It’s Friday the 13th, a day that causes some people to cower in fear of having something unlucky happen to them. Although the world may not stop for most, many people won’t...


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Harpur’s ferry sidebar: Training to become the best

LEARNING TO BE THE BEST Winning awards like Harpur’s Ferry does comes with dedication, and the intensive training volunteers undergo is probably a big part of it. Just to drive a rig,...


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Why you might get punched in the face while studying in Bartle

This past week I had the pleasure of being bombarded with two tests and a 20 minute presentation, all within a three-day time frame. Being a typical foot-dragging college student, I managed...


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Column: Athletes not as invincible as fans like to believe

Even Superman died. Superman. The guy was more powerful than a speeding bullet, was able to leap tall buildings in a single bound and had only one known weakness. Yet he died,...


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Briefs

The Binghamton University Student Association’s first-ever Campus Wars, a battle between BU’s residential communities, continues through this Sunday, Oct. 15. A new BU tradition, they started Monday with a kickoff event, an...