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Community service must be restructured
You’ve probably participated in a community service project before, whether for an organization’s service hours requirement, a team volunteering project or maybe as a holiday tradition. At a time of mass inequality,...
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Owning my height
I used to hate being tall. I know, it sounds like the opposite of a problem. But sticking out like a sore thumb in class photos, always having the pants that fit...
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BU has the opportunity to become a greener campus
If you see me walking along the infamous Glenn G. Bartle Drive, taking abnormal and arbitrary steps, mind your business. I’ve come to notice that when the leaves fall, I make it...
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Critical race theory is not a threat to our schools
For just a moment, put yourself in the perspective of the right-wing media’s intended audience. Let’s just say that you’re a fervent reader of Breitbart News Network, and perhaps have been to...
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Strict attendance policies spread campus illness
For the past eight weeks, I have been bouncing between being healthy and being sick. Along with COVID-19, our campus is battling the usual Binghamton plague, or “frat flu” season. For years,...
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Editorial: The lesser of two evils
On Oct. 12, Off Campus College Transport (OCCT) announced that as of Oct. 15, weekend Late Nite Service would be suspended until further notice due to repeat issues regarding mask noncompliance, verbal...
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Local elections need more voters
The leaves are falling off the trees, the weather is getting cooler and the days are getting shorter. It’s election season. Although many people know of the big presidential election which happens...
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Voter suppression threatens U.S. democracy
In March 2021, the Georgia Senate passed a controversial voting rights and regulations bill which received the erroneous name “Election Integrity Act of 2021.” It passed, like lots of national, state and...
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Digital nomads should remain ethical and self-aware
In a world of never-ending change, why would the way we work have to stay the same? COVID-19 has forced us to work from the confines of our own homes through the...
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America's labor movement is promising for the economy
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, increasingly large numbers of U.S. workers have become unhappy with the conditions they have been forced to work under. Low wages and limited benefits, especially...