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Quiller captures national title
Rory Quiller concluded his collegiate athletic career in dramatic style at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, becoming the first Binghamton athlete ever to win a NCAA Division I championship. He won the pole vault title with a height of 18 feet and half an inch at the meet held at the University of Arkansas.

Empire State Games organizers unveil new poster, sponsors
Local organizers of the 2008 summer Empire State Games gathered at the University last week to unveil a new poster promoting the event as well as to name the games’ major sponsors.

The games will begin with a July 23 opening ceremony and continue through July 27. The University will play host to more than half the sporting events. Some 6,000 athletes representing six regions from across the state will compete in 28 Olympic-style sports in scholastic, open or masters divisions

Author Bobbie Ann Mason gives reading
Binghamton alumna Bobbie Ann Mason wants her readers to feel as if they are going through a complex inner experience while they read her stories, she said during a reading on campus.

Former gang member now devoted mentor
Stevenson Andre overcame a difficult Brooklyn childhood, found success at Binghamton and is headed to the Ivy League for graduate school.
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