<p>Let me start with this: I am not proud of the actions of the Basketball team and its associated departments, nor am I trying to defend them. Binghamton, like every other school, especially public ones, has many flaws. In fact, I will probably be transferring next year. But many of you apparently registered for the sole reason of posting these articles. Honestly, it seems like quite a few people that have posted in this thread (especially those who have posted or even created multiple threads on the same topic) are those with a vendetta against Binghamton – whether it is because you were rejected, or you just don’t like Kevin Broadus; maybe you just don’t like SUNY schools. Whatever the reason is, many of you are reading way too far into this.</p>
<p>Truthfully, sounds like 13902 got rejected (maybe his or her son/daughter was)…13902 is the area code for Binghamton, for those of you who don’t know.</p>
<p>I never noticed anyone, whether they were a TA, a professor, an adviser, an administrator or whoever, being so unethical that it affected me. Of course students cheat and whatnot, that happens at every school thought – you make it sound like Binghamton is the modern day equivalent of Kowloon Walled City. Binghamton is not Gommorah, I do not bribe my professors for grades, steal notes from others, or any other ridiculous inferences that some people are making due to recent events. Maybe it is just me, but this seems pretty confined to the athletic department – specifically the basketball team, as you know. Just because their is some admittedly disgraceful and (frankly) embarrassing practices going on in the athletic department, doesn’t mean the rest of the school is now worthless. This is the exact definition of a hasty generalization logical fallacy. </p>
<p>I don’t know your situation 13902. Maybe you were rejected by Bing. Maybe even you were rejected, and then your offspring followed in your footsteps – also getting rejected. Maybe you were just a janitor who was fired recently and has some pent-up frustration. But if you seriously think that the flaws of the basketball team are a reflection of the entire school, I have no idea what to say to you. </p>
<p>What, 15,000 students go to Bing? Probably near 1000 professors, plus countless administration, clerical, janitorial, and other staff. Maybe 30, 40 people are involved in this basketball thing? Even if it was 200, that is less than .01% of the school’s population. To make a generalization about the entire school on .01% of the population seems pretty ridiculous to me.</p>
<p>Am I upset that this is happening at my school? Yes. Is this an embarrassment, and will it severely tarnish our basketball team’s reputation? Yes, most likely. But do I think the comments by some posters are not just asinine but complete stretches, often involving embellished statements…or in some cases, outright lies? Definitely.</p>
<p>Actually, I am embarrassed that I even have to point this out to some people. Not to be particularly rude, but if those of you that are making it a point to campaign against Binghamton are in fact rejected students…well, maybe your rejection is for the best. We don’t need any other embarrassing students.</p>
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