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Senior Column: To love and be loved

It’s hard to find my words, especially since I, like all our 2020 seniors, am writing from a position I never thought I’d be in. The early termination of my final year...


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Senior Column: Learning to critique myself

I am my worst critic. Growing up, one of my worst habits was comparing my work to others’. This is problematic for someone who finds it very difficult to work in the...


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Senior Column: Life's funny like that

My mom says that when my sister and I fell while we were learning how to walk, instead of coddling us and worrying, she would smile, laugh and go “ka-boom!” so we...


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Senior Column: Bank on yourself

Unlike many college students, I came to Binghamton University knowing precisely that I wanted to pursue graphic design. But my relationship with the field of study wasn’t always consistent. My love for...


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Senior Column: Everything is fine, nothing is on fire

There was a fire safety board on the ground floor of Cleveland Hall in Hinman College during my freshman year. It was vomit green with paper flames licking the borders. It said...


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Senior Column: Changing the song and dance

Up until my senior year of high school, I wanted to major in dance at college. I’ve taken classes since I was 4 and got more into it at 8 when I...


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Senior Column: It's okay to struggle

In the beginning of my junior year, I went to a therapist for the first time. Just a year earlier, as a sophomore, I decided I wanted to be a reporter. In...


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Senior Column: Home is where your heart is

When I first came to New York, I was just a southern girl who desperately needed a clean slate and a change of pace. As bright-eyed and bushy-tailed as I was first...


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Senior Column: Saying goodbye isn't the end

To be honest, I’ve been avoiding writing this senior column for weeks now simply because I refuse to believe that four years of college have already flown by. Maybe it’s because I’m...


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Undocumented immigrants should receive stimulus checks

As the coronavirus pandemic has progressed, it has shone a harsh spotlight on some of the United States’ most flagrant inequities. For example, African Americans make up only 13 percent of the...