Joshua Hummell
jhummell@binghamton.edu
10 Articles
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Senior Column: Apathy isn't a sign of indifference
As a senior about to graduate, the question most asked of me is whether or not I am excited to graduate. In all honesty, I feel apathetic. My experience in college has...
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Student input is essential to a democratic campus
In my short career as a college student, I have attended Onondaga Community College and Binghamton University. Both have limited student input in school affairs. At my old school, the Onondaga Community...
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BU should establish open educational resources
How many times have you purchased textbooks for hundreds of dollars, only to have their value depreciate dramatically? I have personally wasted hundreds of dollars, if not thousands, that could have helped...
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Appreciating the merits of solitude
Friedrich Nietzsche, Stanley Kubrick, Emily Dickinson, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Nikola Tesla, Fyodor Dostoevsky — men and women of absolute genius — all liked to be alone. There is a stigma that being alone...
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The problem with the way Hollywood depicts terrorism
“The 15:17 to Paris” is a movie about the heroic actions of several people who stopped a lone-wolf terrorist from killing people aboard a high-speed train heading to Paris on Aug. 21,...
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Recognizing the impact of hyperbolic language
I am fascinated by the weather, and sometimes I find myself obsessively watching the news to learn more about it. This winter, while watching the weather, I noticed something — the terms...
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Recognizing the importance of engaging with the community
How often do you explore the city of Binghamton? While time and workload might be large influences on the answer to this question, few may be able to say they do even...
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Recognizing the drawbacks of "armchair activism"
By the end of this month, Ajit Pai, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will most likely be rolling back FCC’s 2015 net neutrality ruling, which classified the internet as open...
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Becoming bike-friendly
Binghamton University, the Southern Tier and upstate New York as a whole are currently in the middle of a makeover. It is happening under a program called the New York Upstate Revitalization...
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Unlikely advice to help you succeed
As a senior, I have learned many lessons in my past three years of college — some of them the hard way. Looking back on all of the advice I wish I...