By Daniel Guido As we kick off a new year at Binghamton University, many of us are falling back into familiar routines: settling into dorms or apartments, navigating campus, and frequenting the dining halls and MarketPlace. For newcomers, it’s a fresh introduction to Binghamton’s dining options, each with its pros and cons. Adjusting to our unique meal plan, which sets us apart from other SUNY schools, is part of the experience and shock for many.…
A Guide to Enjoying Greater Binghamton Like a Local
Louis W. Leonini Recently, I had the opportunity to speak to a colleague whose daughter is enrolled at B.U. and was sad to hear something all too familiar. He said his daughter feels like there’s nothing interesting to eat besides college junk food, it’s depressing, and she is bored. Sadly, this isn’t the first time I heard a story like that. The average student thinks that much of the Southern Tier seems to have been…
Things to Appreciate about Binghamton
By Arthur O’Sullivan The pope is Catholic, bears defecate in the woods, and students gripe about Binghamton and her university. This isn’t unexpected. Whether it’s here or Harvard, it’s always in fashion to complain and commiserate with others about the thing for which you’re paying five or six figures each year. Virtually all small talk ends in some bemoaning of the weather and its mysterious ways (60 degrees in August?!), the baffling choice to begin…