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Editorial: Insulate yourself

The successful failure of the fire at the Riviera Ridge apartments (see Page 1) provides a perfect object lesson in fire safety. Homeowners and tenants alike across the Greater Binghamton area could...


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Drop deadline Friday; no plans to push back

Despite student resistance to the recently changed two week drop deadline, the policy, which was instituted in the fall of 2004, is here to stay. After the decision to move the drop...


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Pizza box guy: rallying us all

The Pizza Box Guy. Binghamton basketball fans know him as the man who entered our lives and brightened our existences not even a week ago. The epitome of the “sixth man,” the...


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High school, when teachers were human

How did I spend my Christmas break? Let me paint the scene for you. I was at a local bar enjoying a cold brew with a friend. It was karaoke night and...


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Editorial: Strategic vision… of the future

Last week, Binghamton University president Lois B. DeFleur and her vice presidents gave the faculty a look at the University’s Strategic Plan (see Page 1). This document, a five-year plan, will guide...


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CD Review: Madonna’s “Confessions on a Dance Floor”

I… what? The hell is this? Well, the first song is slightly catchy but in a way that makes you want to smash your own face in with a cinder block. The...


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Office Space: Do I know you?

This past winter break, I decided to go on the illustrious birthright trip to Israel. You would think that being over 11,000 miles removed from both Binghamton and the United States, I’d...


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CIW renovation creates model suites for tours

Students can expect to see a few improvements around campus this semester as the University begins construction on several major renovation projects, including changes to residence halls in College-in-the-Woods, the Glenn G....


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Welcome to sunny Binghamton: new student primer

Change is difficult. Lord knows, I certainly can’t deal with any drastic change. One day I woke up and all my hair was on my pillow, and since then I’ve been reduced...


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Beer Review: Hop Wallop

Release has a beer motto. Consider this our code-of-honor: we don’t care what you drink. There are choices in beer for a reason. Drink what you like. Our purpose here is not...