Rebecca Klar
rklar1@binghamton.edu
24 Articles
Columns
Senior Column: Conquering fears, meeting friends, embracing solitude
When I thought about what I wanted to write to sum up the last four years of my life, my mind was flooded with cliches. How I’ve grown, how this city and...
Columns
Uncovering the horrors of horse racing
Tickets are currently on sale for the Kentucky Derby, and if 2017 is anything like the last few years, over 100,000 people will go to the event on May 5. Those who...
Columns
When politics intersect with Greek life
Earlier this month, 300 girls signed up to be a part of a four-day cycle of endless small talk. Sorority recruitment is like going on 1,000 little first dates, except more awkward...
Columns
Animal agriculture's tolls are understated
Democrats have long been frustrated with climate change deniers. This frustration was poignantly expressed by Sen. Bernie Sanders during the confirmation hearing for Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to be head of...
Columns
Your status won't change the status quo
I woke up last Tuesday confident that I was voting for the first female president of the United States. I went to sleep mad, confused and enraged with the results. To be...
Columns
Election 2016: Can we handle the truth?
Donald Trump’s campaign strategy, while innovative in many alarming ways, didn’t invent the notion of lying. For years politicians and presidential candidates have bent the truth to garner public support. Yet it...
Columns
We must reject the news biases fostered by social media
Turn to the person next to you and ask them if they know if the iPhone 7 will have a headphone jack. Now, ask that same person if they know what Aleppo...
Columns
Bloomingdale's ad thoughtless
It’s that time of the year again. The mall is jam packed with holiday shoppers, the stores smell like gingerbread houses and date rape jokes are acceptable. What, date rape jokes don’t...
Opinions
Social media is not activism - we need more than simple statuses
In light of the recent terrorist attacks in Paris, my Facebook news feed has been filled with profile pictures covered by a transparent French flag. While it’s great that all of these...
Columns
Graduation rate, average cost more important than SAT scores when picking college
Over the past three years, Binghamton University has become my home, so it’s difficult to remember a time when it was just one option out of many schools. At the time, I...