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Unions can strengthen progressive campaigns
The Buffalo mayoral election is finally over, and Democratic Socialist India Walton has been defeated by write-in incumbent Byron Brown. While the last of Brown’s write-in ballots are being tallied, the Walton...
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Declaring a major doesn't define your postgraduate career
As class registration starts picking up for the spring 2022 semester, you can feel the stress bouncing off the walls in any building on campus. Will you get the classes you need?...
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Tom Holland outshines other Spider-Men
Spider-Man is undeniably one of the most popular superheroes, as he has been portrayed in numerous comic books, films, television shows and video games since his first appearance in 1962. In the...
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Suspending OCCT Late Nite Services won't improve student behavior
On Oct. 27, 2021, Off Campus College Transport (OCCT) announced the return of the Late Nite Service, just 12 days after it was suspended due to mask noncompliance and the mistreatment of...
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School choice systems do not solve public school issues
Is the U.S. public school system in crisis? Are teachers failing to teach their students the right information? Are students being set up to fail when they reach college and graduate school?...
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Poetry can make powerful systemic change
Last month, I had the unexpected opportunity to read my poetry to Binghamton University President Harvey Stenger when he visited my Creative Writing 350A: Intermediate Poetry Workshop class with Liz Rosenberg, a...
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Jewish communities at BU have safe spaces
Anti-Semitism can be found on campuses all over the country. Whether fellow students recognize it or not, the most minute, indirect comments contribute to the outcasting of Jews of all sects. According...
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The polar graphing system is valuable, but flawed
Most people are familiar with the Cartesian coordinate system, where points are graphed based on their “x” and “y” coordinates, but there is another important graphing system for the study of mathematics:...
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Racial capitalism is toxic and microaggressive
Racial capitalism is an abstract idea created by Cedric J. Robinson in his 1983 book, “Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition.” In the book, he describes racial capitalism as...
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"Dune" brings ecological issues to a new audience
In recent times, it has become very easy for people to make comparisons to “1984,” George Orwell’s seminal dystopian work about repressive government, when they witness something in the news that they...