Alyssa Mercante
Senior Columnist
Senior English
amercan1@binghamton.edu
28 Articles
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Megan Fox, shiny cars and the crusade for mindless fodder
I’m easily amused. Perhaps maybe even a simpleton. Put me in a room with an iPod and some speakers and I’ll sing and dance for hours before I get bored. I’m the...
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It's time we ash out the pot debate. Let's legalize marijuana.
With this column I may burn professional bridges. I may go home for Thanksgiving break and get an NYPD-level drug test from my parents. Professors may look at me differently and my...
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If you read this, you might be a cynic
I planned on writing this opinion piece about the Binghamton flood, but as I sat down at my desk I realized a few key things: I have little to no first-hand experience...
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My Xbox 360, 2007-2011
Nothing will ever properly prepare a video-gamer for the death of a console. Nothing. Not hearing about it happening to other people, or watching reaction videos on Youtube, or reading about the...
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My inner Fame Monster, revealed
I’ve had a taste of what it’s like to be famous and I must say, I’m addicted. This past Saturday I went to go see Lady Gaga at Nassau Coliseum. I decided...
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PODS stations, where humanity reveals its lowest form
If Binghamton University is ever looking to hire a PODS Computer Patrolwoman, I’d like to offer my services. There is a surplus of rude idiots who have some undying love for hogging...
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Dealing with customer service, the way my parents taught me
As a young blonde woman, I am almost always the victim of poor in-person customer service, whether it’s from bitchy old women or condescending old men. I spent years getting an attitude...
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Rescuing dogs, my sisyphean task
Have you ever seen a dog running without its owner along the streets? Have you ever said, “Someone’s bound to get him,” instead of stopping and trying to help? Well thanks a...
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Hockey puts football to absolute shame
Hockey is greater than football. Yes, I’m going there, and right after Super Bowl Sunday. I don’t care if football is the biggest sport in America and everyone and their grandmother tune...
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The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Car-owner
I no longer drive a piece of shit car, ladies and gentleman, so please don’t park next to me on campus. After four years of driving a 15-year-old Chrysler Cirrus that gave...