Gov. Andrew Cuomo expands SNAP food initiative Food Pantry, Pipe Dream Archives In addition to the new Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) eligibility, students facing food insecurity can turn to the Binghamton University Food Pantry for healthy meals.
Part of pre-pandemic plan to combat student hunger, aims to combat food insecurity due to COVID-19
April 19, 2021
On Oct. 16, New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) had been expanded to nearly 75,000 low-income college students.
SNAP supplements the food budget of low-income individuals and families so they can purchase healthy food. New York is also offering a shortened SNAP application for individuals on fixed incomes to encourage greater enrollment by older and disabled qualifying individuals. There is a permanent expansion of the program as well as a temporary expansion.
Senior hosts fourth annual Pop-Up Thrift Shop
Proceeds from the event will support the Nature Preserve, BU’s Food Pantry
April 15, 2021 Sidney Slon/Photography Editor All of the proceeds from the fourth annual Pop-Up Thrift Shop will be donated directly to the Nature Preserve and the Binghamton University Food Pantry.
This year, College-in-the-Woods Dining Center will once again be converted into a secondhand store in order to raise funds for the Binghamton University Food Pantry and Nature Preserve.
The Pop-Up Thrift Shop, run by Jacob Kerr, a senior majoring in science communications, has for the past three years fundraised on behalf of the Nature Preserve, raising about $1,000 each time. In the past, its funds have been used to treat the hemlock trees of the Nature Preserve to protect them from a species of destructive invasive insect. This year, proceeds from the shop will be split equally between BU’s Food Pantry, which will use them to purchase produce a
Editorial: Last-minute lockdown
A recent rise in COVID-19 cases have led to measures students may feel are inadequate
March 4, 2021
Earlier today, Binghamton University Vice President Brian Rose sent out a B-Line News Addition to the BU community. COVID-19 cases are on the rise and we are nearing our 5 percent infection threshold that mandates BU to move fully online if surpassed. In the statement, Rose stated that there are 154 students in isolation on campus and 122 students in quarantine housing. Those in quarantine housing have been sent to one of two local hotels. Rose went on to say that he didn’t want “to throw blame around,” listed several reports of off-campus gatherings and concluded by asking students to “be a member of our campus community and not just a consumer of our services.”