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One semester after Binghamton University suspended all pledging, administrators in charge of Greek Life met with new members halfway through the pledging process on Sunday, hoping early intervention and education would mitigate hazing through the rest of the pledging process. April Thompson, dean of students, focused on how the new members can work to prevent hazing within their organizations. Thompson said they wanted to educate new members about hazing definitions and impacts, high- risk behaviors and how to stand up to hazing and risky expectations. “I wanted an opportunity to welcome the newest members to our Greek community, give them information about Greek Life, some of our rules and policies, and to also help them to be able to identify and respond to hazing and other high risk activities,” she said. Despite the extensive efforts taken by the University over Daniel O'Connor/Staff Photographer Dean of Students April Thompson talks to the newest members of Greek Life organizations about hazing and its consequences on Sunday. Students learned how to cope with pledging and how to seek help from Greek Life. Photo provided by Glassnote Records Childish Gambino the stage moniker for writer, actor, comedian and rapper Donald Glover — is performing at 8 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18 at the Binghamton University West Gym. The upcoming performance is first musical act to be held in the West Gym since 2008. Rap performer Logic will be opening the show. Glover came up with the name “Childish Gambino” from a Wu- Tang name generator. He rose to fame last year with his debut LP, “Camp,” and has since performed at Bonnaroo, Austin City Limits and on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.” Childish Gambino will be backed by a full band when he performs on campus. “We’re excited to bring another well-known, highly requested artist to BU,” said Adam Sebag, concert chair of the Student Association Programming Board. “We hope we are reaching out to students who often feel like their concert needs aren’t being met.” A presale will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 29 in the Tillman Lobby. Tickets will cost $15 for students and $25 for the public. Tickets will also be sold online starting Oct. 30. Online fees are $3 for students, $5 for the public. SA Programming Board members are looking forward to having one the most extensive lineups in recent memory. “I’m just excited,” said Brianna Friia, vice president of programming for the Student Association. “We have Frost Fest and two BUMP shows to announce as well, so stay tuned.” For more information on the show and future updates, follow Pipe Dream on Facebook or Twitter. Darian Lusk Release Editor Within the next few years, students who transfer to Binghamton University from a SUNY community college before receiving an associate’s degree will have the opportunity to earn the degree retroactively, thanks to a system-wide initiative to graduate more students from college. The initiative will help BU students, and students from other SUNY four-year institutions, transfer their credits back to the community college to receive their associate’s degree while they work towards their bachelor’s degree. The community colleges will determine if students have met the graduation requirements and will work with students who have not. The initiative is possible due in large part to a $500,000 grant from the Lumina Foundation, a private, independent foundation that is committed to enrolling and graduating more students from college. “This project will give our students greater transfer opportunities within SUNY and dramatically enhance degree planning services across our 64 campuses, increasing completion rates and ensuring that students are equipped with the knowledge, tools, and advisement they need to graduate on time,” SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher said in a press release. Holly Zanville, program director at Lumina Foundation, is in charge of “Credit When It’s Due: Recognizing the Value of Quality Associate Degrees,” a multi-state initiative funded by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Helios Education Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Lumina Foundation, and USA Funds. She said associate degrees are important in degree completion. “The capacity of most projects, like that of New York’s, to include community colleges and public universities statewide — makes this a unique and major push to fully engage transfer associate degrees as a key strategy within a state’s degree completion goal,” Zanville said in a press release. According to David Doyle, SUNY director of communications, many students who transfer from community colleges to four-year SUNY institutions before earning an associate’s degree may earn it while working on their bachelor’s degree. “However, there is currently Susan Lamb Assistant News Editor On Saturday night, JUMP Nation, an organization that pairs underprivileged middle schoolers with Binghamton University students, hosted its annual banquet in the Old University Union’s Mandela Room to celebrate their 21st anniversary as an active club. Each spring, the Juvenile Urban Multicultural Program (JUMP) brings approximately 70 eighth-grade students to the University from underprivileged neighborhoods in both Binghamton and New York City, where they are often facing socioeconomic barriers and a lack of positive role models. BU students host and mentor visiting students, called protégés, for four days in the dormitories during “JUMP weekend.” Protégés stay free of charge, get accustomed to college life and attend workshops to educate them about the benefits of a college education. Lindsay Horne, co-chair of JUMP’s mentoring committee, first hosted a protégé her freshman year, along with her roommate. She said that JUMP mentors relate to the protégés because many of them come from similar backgrounds. “We focus on at-risk students and they may not live in the best neighborhood, and they may not have the support from their families that they should,” said Horne, a senior double-majoring in economics and sociology. “We just stress that there’s always somebody that’s going to be there for you.” Horne said they want to send protégés the message that “if I can do it, so can you.” “At the end of every weekend, we kind of have a recognition for the students who participated in the program, both Binghamton students and protégés,” Horne said. The recognition ceremony gives protégés and mentors a chance to go on stage and talk about their experience. “I remember [my protégé] said that she felt like I was her big sister and she was really happy to be my protégé,” Horne said. JUMP treasurer Girelis Guzman, a junior majoring in graphic design, said she was moved by a protégé’s speech during one ceremony. “One protégé said ‘I want to thank JUMP Nation for what they taught me. Before this program See SUNY Page 5 Nicole Kupfer/Contributing Photographer The Binghamton University Step Team performs at JUMP Nation’s annual banquet on Saturday. The event was held to celebrate the group’s 21st year as an active club. See JUMP Page 6 See GREEK Page 5 P IPE D REAM Tuesday, October 23, 2012 | Binghamton University | www.bupipedream.com | Vol. LXXXII, Issue 13 Release gets a new beat Pick up Pipe Dream on Tuesdays to read our new music section, Music Beat SEE PAGE 7 Debate Watch Students tune in for last presidential debate SEE PAGE 2 Susan Lamb Assistant News Editor Dean uses outreach to prevent future hazing SUNY awarded grant to benefit transfers from junior college Childish Gambino to perform Nov. 18 Software will help students earn associate's degrees JUMP Nation turns 21, hosts annual banquet Katherine Hutson Contributing Writer Student group raises money for spring mentoring weekend TUES DAY September 6, 2011 Vol. LXXX, Issue 3 Pipe Dream Binghamton University www.bupipedream.com Established 1946 The Free Word On Campus for 65 years Sodexo program exchanges waste for manure OCCT revamps schedule for fall The new year has brought changes to Off Campus College Transport’s blue bus service, including modifications to bus routes and added routes, which OCCT Director Jeremy Stevens said would improve service for students on and off campus. A comparison of the spring 2011 and fall 2011 OCCT schedules indicates that the JC Westside bus line has added more rotations — from two to three times an hour between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. this fall. OCCT has also added an ITC line, for the newly opened Innovative Technologies Complex across Murray Hill Road from campus. There will be more frequent runs of the Campus Shuttle line on weekends, and the UP Shuttle line has expanded from once-daily on weeknights last spring to a full docket of rotations throughout the week. Complete schedules and route maps are available on OCCT’s website, www.occtransport.org. Stevens said the schedule was changed based on student feedback. “We take into account passenger surveys and feedback from our drivers and staff,” he said. Stevens took over the director’s position in May after he graduated from Binghamton University with Daniel Shemesh Contributing Writer See BUS Page 5 RAIN 6559 Wed. RAIN 6858 Thurs. CLOUDY 7556 Fri. news Darwin does Binghamton BU professor David Wilson has written a book on using evolutionary science to improve cities 4 release Music review Red Hot Chili Peppers are lacking some spice in their new album “I’m With You” 9 opinion The off-campus solution We have plenty of ideas to help make Binghamton a better place for students to live 14 Sodexo is taking the old saying “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure” and giving it to the dogs — or more specifically, to the sheep and the pigs. Richard Herb, College-in- the-Woods Dining Hall’s chef manager, has sought to expand the waste management efforts he makes on behalf of Sodexo on a larger, community-oriented basis. Six years ago, Herb teamed up with Juliet Berling, a former Binghamton University professor of environmental studies, to try to achieve a more efficient composting system on campus. The University’s Office of Recycling and Resource Management took over the program three years ago, and since has stepped up levels of composting and distributed the meaty soil to locations around the science buildings and educational gardens on campus. Herb recalled the incident that gave him inspiration to do even more to make productive use of food waste. “There was this huge shipment of watermelon,” he said. “We’re talking thousands of them. They all went bad. That’s when I was asked [myself], ‘Can you use this for compost, Rich?’ I brought a batch of the spoiled melons to a compost pile and when I came back later I had to sit and wait for the deer to move before I could put the next batch down. Who knew deer loved watermelon?” Most recently, Herb started a nonprofit service, Natural by Nature, that aims to help local farmers by providing them with food waste from restaurants — which otherwise would be thrown out — to feed livestock. The animals, including sheep, pigs and chickens, are only those that go to feed the farmers and their families, as per the farmers’ agreements with Herb. He in turn receives the animals’ manure for use by Sodexo for composting at local off- campus sites. Herb said that both the restaurants and farmers he has dealt with were not initially receptive to the bargain. “The problem was change,” he said. “People have become used to a certain way of living. I come to a restaurant and ask them for their waste and then it becomes an issue of trust. The restauranteur has to worry about the capacity for which our agreement can be held. Likewise the farmers are just as wary. I tell them that I can deliver them free food for any extra animals they would need. No charge. It sounds too good to be true.” Herb arranges with the individual farmers with whom he does business how much food waste they need for how many animals and what days he should make deliveries. Eventually, his business partners came to like the service. “[The restaurants] feel good, the food is going to a good cause,” Adam Tarchoun Contributing Writer Janel FitzSimmonds/Assistant Photo Editor Above, Bill Schu, a freshman majoring in biology, and Ahmed Khater, a sophomore majoring in cinema, return their trays to the conveyor belt in the Chenango Champlain Collegiate Center. Sodexo has increased its recycling efforts by using food waste as compost for local farmers. See WASTE Page 4 Lecture Hall, fountain area undergo further renovation Construction that began at Binghamton University this summer continues as classes have resumed and students attempt to navigate detours and blockages around campus. About 66 percent of the concourse area of the Lecture Hall underwent renovations this summer, as well as Lecture Halls 1 and 2, according to BU’s website. The work began after commencement in May, lasted throughout the summer and will cease temporarily during the academic year. Work will resume next summer, when the remaining portion of the concourse in the north side of the building will be renovated during phase 2. The Lecture Hall’s four quadrants will be designed to resemble the four seasons of the year and use environmentally friendly materials such as recycled resin panels and paint with low Volatile Organic compounds, an ingredient found in most paints that can be toxic. Will Lauffer, a senior majoring in biology, said he looks forward to changes around campus. “I like the new Lecture Hall. I am hoping that it isn’t finished yet though,” he said. “I did really enjoy the seats in the hallways and I want them to re-add them. They were a great place to go and do work before class.” The Central Campus Quad project, which includes overhauling the landscape of the Lois B. DeFleur Walkway outside the Glenn G. Bartle Library as well as replacing the existing fountain with a newer model, is expected to be completed by November 2012. The project was broken down into four phases, of which they are currently in phase 2. The old fountain, which covered a water line that needed repairs, has been removed and the foundations for a new infinity fountain have been put into place. Entrances to the nearby Science I remain open, but detour walkways have been constructed using chain link fences to get around the construction. This construction has caused Maria Amor Contributing Writer Artists add color to blighted street See WORK Page 5 Henry Street is now a little more colorful thanks to the efforts of four artists and the city of Binghamton. Two concrete planters and broken, rusted benches are now two colorful tile mosaic planters. The planters, publicly unveiled on July 31 between Henry and State Streets, were created by four local artists after the city of Binghamton approved their proposal from a pool of varying project ideas. The artists — Emily Jablon, Sam Jablon, Chris Long and Jared Raphel — learned in early June that they had been picked to receive a grant from the city to design the “Henry Street Revival Project” as part of a larger effort to develop the area and beautify Binghamton. The artists received a $10,000 grant to complete the project, from which each artist received $500 compensation. “It’s not about a money. It’s that it is there forever. There’s a plaque with our names on it, worth more than the compensation fee,” Emily Jablon said. In the last four years, the city has set aside $50,000 of a $2 million annual Community Development Block Grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for improving the appearance of its neighborhoods. “Public art beautifies our neighborhoods and commercial corridors, and unites our community around our history, traditions and deepest values,” Ryan said in a statement. “Working with our partners, from our assemblywoman to neighborhood leaders, we’re supporting the transformation of underutilized park spaces and vacant lots into beautiful play spaces, public art installations that celebrate our local character, and community murals Miranda Langrehr Pipe Dream News See ART Page 5 Daniel O’Connor/Photo Editor In the last four years, the city of Binghamton has set aside $50,000 of a $2 million annual Community Development Block Grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for improving the appearance of its neighborhoods. Henry Street is now host to two mosaic planters, the newest addition toward beautifying the city.

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One semester after Binghamton University suspended all pledging, administrators in charge of Greek Life met with new members halfway through the pledging process on Sunday, hoping early intervention and education would mitigate hazing through the rest of the pledging process.

April Thompson, dean of students, focused on how the new members can work to prevent hazing within their organizations. Thompson

said they wanted to educate new members about hazing definitions and impacts, high-risk behaviors and how to stand up to hazing and risky expectations.

“I wanted an opportunity to welcome the newest members to our Greek community, give them information about Greek Life, some of our rules and policies, and to also help them to be able to identify and respond to hazing and other high risk activities,” she said.

Despite the extensive efforts taken by the University over

Daniel O'Connor/Staff PhotographerDean of Students April Thompson talks to the newest members of Greek Life organizations about hazing and its consequences on Sunday. Students learned how to cope with pledging and how to seek help from Greek Life.

Photo provided by Glassnote Records

Childish Gambino — the stage moniker for writer, actor, comedian and rapper Donald Glover — is performing at 8 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18 at the Binghamton University West Gym.

The upcoming performance is first musical act to be held in the West Gym since 2008. Rap

performer Logic will be opening the show.

Glover came up with the name “Childish Gambino” from a Wu-Tang name generator. He rose to fame last year with his debut LP, “Camp,” and has since performed at Bonnaroo, Austin City Limits and on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.” Childish Gambino will be backed by a full band when he performs on campus.

“We’re excited to bring another well-known, highly requested

artist to BU,” said Adam Sebag, concert chair of the Student Association Programming Board. “We hope we are reaching out to students who often feel like their concert needs aren’t being met.”

A presale will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 29 in the Tillman Lobby. Tickets will cost $15 for students and $25 for the public. Tickets will also be sold online starting Oct. 30. Online fees are $3 for students, $5 for the public.

SA Programming Board members are looking forward to having one the most extensive lineups in recent memory.

“I’m just excited,” said Brianna Friia, vice president of programming for the Student Association. “We have Frost Fest and two BUMP shows to announce as well, so stay tuned.”

For more information on the show and future updates, follow Pipe Dream on Facebook or Twitter.

Darian LuskRelease Editor

Within the next few years, students who transfer to Binghamton University from a SUNY community college before receiving an associate’s degree will have the opportunity to earn the degree retroactively, thanks to a system-wide initiative to graduate more students from college.

The initiative will help BU students, and students from other SUNY four-year institutions, transfer their credits back to the community college to receive their associate’s degree while they work towards their bachelor’s degree. The community colleges will determine if students have met the graduation requirements and will work with students who have not.

The initiative is possible due in large part to a $500,000 grant from the Lumina Foundation, a private, independent foundation that is committed to enrolling and graduating more students from college.

“This project will give our students greater transfer opportunities within SUNY and dramatically enhance degree planning services across our 64 campuses, increasing completion rates and ensuring

that students are equipped with the knowledge, tools, and advisement they need to graduate on time,” SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher said in a press release.

Holly Zanville, program director at Lumina Foundation, is in charge of “Credit When It’s Due: Recognizing the Value of Quality Associate Degrees,” a multi-state initiative funded by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Helios Education Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Lumina Foundation, and USA Funds. She said associate degrees are important in degree completion.

“The capacity of most projects, like that of New York’s, to include community colleges and public universities statewide — makes this a unique and major push to fully engage transfer associate degrees as a key strategy within a state’s degree completion goal,” Zanville said in a press release.

According to David Doyle, SUNY director of communications, many students who transfer from community colleges to four-year SUNY institutions before earning an associate’s degree may earn it while working on their bachelor’s degree.

“However, there is currently

Susan LambAssistant News Editor

On Saturday night, JUMP Nation, an organization that pairs underprivileged middle schoolers with Binghamton University students, hosted its annual banquet in the Old University Union’s Mandela Room to celebrate their 21st anniversary as an active club.

Each spring, the Juvenile Urban Multicultural Program (JUMP) brings approximately 70 eighth-grade students to the University from underprivileged neighborhoods in both Binghamton and New York City, where they are often facing socioeconomic barriers and a lack of positive role models.

BU students host and mentor visiting students, called protégés, for four days in the dormitories during “JUMP weekend.” Protégés stay free of charge, get accustomed to college life and attend workshops to educate them about the benefits of a college education.

Lindsay Horne, co-chair of JUMP’s mentoring committee, first hosted a protégé her freshman

year, along with her roommate. She said that JUMP mentors relate to the protégés because many of them come from similar backgrounds.

“We focus on at-risk students and they may not live in the best neighborhood, and they may not have the support from their families that they should,” said Horne, a senior double-majoring in economics and sociology. “We just stress that there’s always somebody that’s going to be there

for you.”Horne said they want to send

protégés the message that “if I can do it, so can you.”

“At the end of every weekend, we kind of have a recognition for the students who participated in the program, both Binghamton students and protégés,” Horne said.

The recognition ceremony gives protégés and mentors a chance to go on stage and talk about their experience.

“I remember [my protégé] said that she felt like I was her big sister and she was really happy to be my protégé,” Horne said.

JUMP treasurer Girelis Guzman, a junior majoring in graphic design, said she was moved by a protégé’s speech during one ceremony.

“One protégé said ‘I want to thank JUMP Nation for what they taught me. Before this program

See SUNY Page 5

Nicole Kupfer/Contributing PhotographerThe Binghamton University Step Team performs at JUMP Nation’s annual banquet on Saturday. The event was held to celebrate the group’s 21st year as an active club.

See JUMP Page 6

See GREEK Page 5

PIPE DREAMTuesday, October 23, 2012 | Binghamton University | www.bupipedream.com | Vol. LXXXII, Issue 13

Release gets a new beatPick up Pipe Dream on Tuesdays to read our new music section, Music Beat

SEE PAGE 7

Debate WatchStudents tune in for last presidential debate

SEE PAGE 2

Susan LambAssistant News Editor

Dean uses outreach to prevent future hazing

SUNY awarded grant to benefit transfers from junior college

Childish Gambino to perform Nov. 18

Software will help students earn associate's degrees

JUMP Nation turns 21, hosts annual banquet

Katherine HutsonContributing Writer

Student group raises money for spring mentoring weekend

TUESDAYSeptember 6, 2011

Vol. LXXX, Issue 3

Pipe DreamBinghamton Universitywww.bupipedream.com

Established 1946 The Free Word On Campus for 65 years

Sodexo program exchanges waste for manureOCCT revamps schedule for fall

The new year has brought changes to Off Campus College Transport’s blue bus service, including modifications to bus routes and added routes, which OCCT Director Jeremy Stevens said would improve service for students on and off campus.

A comparison of the spring 2011 and fall 2011 OCCT schedules indicates that the JC Westside bus line has added more rotations — from two to three times an hour between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. this fall. OCCT has also added an ITC line, for the newly opened Innovative Technologies Complex across Murray Hill Road from campus.

There will be more frequent runs of the Campus Shuttle line on weekends, and the UP Shuttle line has expanded from once-daily on weeknights last spring to a full docket of rotations throughout the week.

Complete schedules and route maps are available on OCCT’s website, www.occtransport.org.

Stevens said the schedule was changed based on student feedback.

“We take into account passenger surveys and feedback from our drivers and staff,” he said.

Stevens took over the director’s position in May after he graduated from Binghamton University with

Daniel ShemeshContributing Writer

See BUS Page 5

RAIN65→59

Wed.RAIN68→58

Thurs.CLOUDY 75→56

Fri.

newsDarwin does BinghamtonBU professor David Wilson has written a book on using evolutionary science to improve cities

4 releaseMusic reviewRed Hot Chili Peppers are lacking some spice in their new album “I’m With You”

9 opinionThe off-campus solutionWe have plenty of ideas to help make Binghamton a better place for students to live

14

Sodexo is taking the old saying “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure” and giving it to the dogs — or more specifically, to the sheep and the pigs.

Richard Herb, College-in-the-Woods Dining Hall’s chef manager, has sought to expand the waste management efforts he makes on behalf of Sodexo on a larger, community-oriented basis.

Six years ago, Herb teamed up with Juliet Berling, a former Binghamton University professor of environmental studies, to try to achieve a more efficient composting system on campus.

The University’s Office of Recycling and Resource Management took over the program three years ago, and since has stepped up levels of composting and distributed the meaty soil to locations around the science buildings and educational gardens on campus.

Herb recalled the incident that gave him inspiration to do even more to make productive use of food waste.

“There was this huge shipment of watermelon,” he said. “We’re talking thousands of them. They all went bad. That’s when I was asked [myself], ‘Can you use this for compost, Rich?’ I brought a batch of the spoiled melons to a compost pile and when I came back later I had to sit and wait for the deer to move before I could put the next batch down. Who knew deer loved watermelon?”

Most recently, Herb started

a nonprofit service, Natural by Nature, that aims to help local farmers by providing them with food waste from restaurants — which otherwise would be thrown out — to feed livestock. The animals, including sheep, pigs and chickens, are only those that go to feed the farmers and their families, as per the farmers’ agreements with Herb. He in turn receives the animals’ manure for use by Sodexo for composting at local off- campus sites.

Herb said that both the restaurants and farmers he has dealt with were not initially receptive to the bargain.

“The problem was change,” he said. “People have become used to a certain way of living. I come to a restaurant and ask them for their waste and then it becomes an issue of trust. The restauranteur has to worry about the capacity for which our agreement can be held. Likewise the farmers are just as wary. I tell them that I can deliver them free food for any

extra animals they would need. No charge. It sounds too good to be true.”

Herb arranges with the individual farmers with whom he does business how much food waste they need for how many animals and what days he should make deliveries. Eventually, his business partners came to like the service.

“[The restaurants] feel good, the food is going to a good cause,”

Adam TarchounContributing Writer

Janel FitzSimmonds/Assistant Photo EditorAbove, Bill Schu, a freshman majoring in biology, and Ahmed Khater, a sophomore majoring in cinema, return their trays to the conveyor belt in the Chenango Champlain Collegiate Center. Sodexo has increased its recycling efforts by using food waste as compost for local farmers.

See WASTE Page 4

Lecture Hall, fountain area undergo further renovation

Construction that began at Binghamton University this summer continues as classes have resumed and students attempt to navigate detours and blockages around campus.

About 66 percent of the concourse area of the Lecture Hall underwent renovations this summer, as well as Lecture Halls 1 and 2, according to BU’s website. The work began after commencement in May, lasted throughout the summer and will cease temporarily during the academic year. Work will resume next summer, when the remaining portion of the concourse in the north side of the building will be renovated during phase 2.

The Lecture Hall’s four quadrants will be designed to resemble the four seasons of the year and use environmentally friendly materials such as recycled resin panels and paint with low Volatile Organic compounds, an ingredient found in most paints that can be toxic.

Will Lauffer, a senior majoring in biology, said he looks forward to

changes around campus.“I like the new Lecture Hall.

I am hoping that it isn’t finished yet though,” he said. “I did really enjoy the seats in the hallways and I want them to re-add them. They were a great place to go and do work before class.”

The Central Campus Quad project, which includes overhauling the landscape of the Lois B. DeFleur Walkway outside the Glenn G. Bartle Library as well as replacing the existing fountain with a newer model, is expected to be completed by November 2012. The project was broken down into four phases, of which they are currently in phase 2.

The old fountain, which covered a water line that needed repairs, has been removed and the foundations for a new infinity fountain have been put into place. Entrances to the nearby Science I remain open, but detour walkways have been constructed using chain link fences to get around the construction.

This construction has caused

Maria AmorContributing Writer

Artists add color to blighted street

See WORK Page 5

Henry Street is now a little more colorful thanks to the efforts of four artists and the city of Binghamton.

Two concrete planters and broken, rusted benches are now two colorful

tile mosaic planters. The planters, publicly unveiled on July 31 between Henry and State Streets, were created by four local artists after the city of Binghamton approved their proposal from a pool of varying project ideas.

The artists — Emily Jablon, Sam Jablon, Chris Long and Jared Raphel — learned in early June that they

had been picked to receive a grant from the city to design the “Henry Street Revival Project” as part of a larger effort to develop the area and beautify Binghamton.

The artists received a $10,000 grant to complete the project, from which each artist received $500 compensation.

“It’s not about a money. It’s that it is there forever. There’s a plaque with our names on it, worth more than the compensation fee,” Emily Jablon said.

In the last four years, the city has set aside $50,000 of a $2 million annual Community Development Block Grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for improving the appearance of its neighborhoods.

“Public art beautifies our neighborhoods and commercial corridors, and unites our community around our history, traditions and deepest values,” Ryan said in a statement. “Working with our partners, from our assemblywoman to neighborhood leaders, we’re supporting the transformation of underutilized park spaces and vacant lots into beautiful play spaces, public art installations that celebrate our local character, and community murals

Miranda LangrehrPipe Dream News

See ART Page 5

Daniel O’Connor/Photo EditorIn the last four years, the city of Binghamton has set aside $50,000 of a $2 million annual Community Development Block Grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for improving the appearance of its neighborhoods. Henry Street is now host to two mosaic planters, the newest addition toward beautifying the city.