Makoto Toyoda
Assistant Arts & Culture Editor
mtoyoda1@binghamton.edu
37 Articles
Lifestyles
Tips to stick to your New Year's resolutions
New Year’s serves as an opportunity for many people to turn over a new leaf and motivate themselves for the year ahead. As the new decade begins, many students have reflected on...
Lifestyles
Power through finals with advanced napping tips
Whether it’s in between classes, on the weekend or in the library, we’ve all tried to catch up on some z’s that we missed out on the night before. Napping has always...
Features
Cinema Society of Binghamton explores narrative filmmaking
Whether your “thing” is skateboarding with your friends on the Spine, doing stand-up comedy, leading student activism or eating cheese, there seems to be a niche for every student at Binghamton University....
Features
Ask a professor: What are you reading?
If you have ever taken a college course, you know that professors have a love for learning, especially about the things they teach. Moreover, they usually have a love for reading about...
Theater
'The Wolves' kicks off Mainstage season
This week, Binghamton University’s theatre department whisked audiences away into the world of soccer with its first Mainstage production of the year, a take on Sarah DeLappe’s award-winning play “The Wolves.” The...
Lifestyles
Organize your semester with these bullet journaling tips
Imagine this: It’s the beginning of the school year and you’ve decided to organize your life. In past years, you’ve let class assignments, papers and club meetings fly completely under the radar...
Restaurant Week Fall 2019
Fall 2019 Restaurant Week: Number 5
As my photographer, Le-Anne, and I approached the ivy-covered brick building known by all as Number 5, we whispered to one another in excitement. This was the big boss of all Binghamton...
Lifestyles
These local museums can remind NYC transplants of home
Students who grew up with access to New York City might find themselves missing the area’s cultural institutions — including several world-famous museums — upon moving upstate. Luckily, while Binghamton may be...
Music
A playlist for life at Binghamton University
Welcome to Binghamton University, new freshmen. You’re starting the next chapter of your life as a college student, and the first step is orientation. It can be overwhelming and a bit hectic;...
On-Campus Events
Playboi Carti rocks Events Center at Spring Fling
This Saturday, Spring Fling brought on the hype with openers The Groovy Boys, Overcoats and Flipp Dinero, as well as headliner Playboi Carti. Students swarmed the Events Center at 7:30 p.m. to...