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Listen to Linda
Dear Linda, I really want to be in a sorority but I am worried about the financial obligations that I will incur during pledging and after. My parents do not support the...
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Getting study abroad plans off the ground
A quick survey of the dreary Vestal hills surrounding Binghamton University is enough to make any Bearcat long for a chance to study in another country. To enroll in a study abroad...
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NYPIRG energy contest
Energy Conservation Contest Mountainview College leads all Binghamton University residence communities in the first week of the Energy Conservation Contest sponsored by BU, NYPIRG (New York Public Research Interest Group) and the...
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Rejected BU Merchandise - baX-BOX 450
As college students, most of our time is spent not opening up that dusty old textbook, but sitting in front of our video game system of choice and simulating season after season...
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Suitor may be better suited for Lois According to the University of Michigan’s student newspaper, sophomore Joel Skaistis attempted to propose to University President Mary Sue Coleman on Valentine’s Day — Skaistis...
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Cutting down Binghamton
“Universal health the only way.” The message was powerful and clear as day, written in a bathroom stall. Yes, as I was making my weekly rounds where I read every single bathroom...
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Taking from the poor
Having already seen that our generation will neither cry harm nor foul when it comes to the money we’re losing through Social Security, Washington has officially come back for more. After all,...
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Electronic clickers: no bearcat love for new tech
When looking at their new class syllabus, it wasn’t the long list of required texts that had many students frowning, it was their professor’s technologically advanced and expensive new system for taking...
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Valentine’s Day: love fest or expensive cliche?
Feb. 14: the day of Hallmark cards, Russell Stover and Godiva chocolates, red and pink roses, and most importantly, love. For some students, Valentine’s Day means a romantic dinner with your significant...
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Offbeat news
Gun safety an issue for veep Vice President Dick Cheney shot a man with whom he was hunting Saturday afternoon, reported Fox News. According to a member of the hunting party, the...