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Trump's proposed changes to SNAP don't benefit recipients
Yet again, some of the United States’ most vulnerable citizens are being targeted. The Trump administration proposed a change to the current Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that would eliminate much of...
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Considering more than just a major
Imagine a world in which employers only looked at one’s college major to determine if they are the proper candidate for a certain job. In this world, no other attributes, such as...
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Hollywood's representation of the military isn't real
In his most recent piece, columnist Joshua Hummell discusses the problems he sees with Hollywood’s portrayal of terrorism. Hummell’s criticism primarily revolves around the race and religions of characters in films such...
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Fighting for reform in the Broome County Jail
Yet another person has died in the Broome County Jail, the eighth in nearly seven years. On Jan. 25, Broome County Sheriff David Harder confirmed it, then took another day to release...
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Why can't the Catholic Church properly handle sexual abuse?
This Lenten season comes at a critical time for Catholics, in which some are describing a schism occurring in the faith based on politics, dogma and shifting priorities. Perhaps the biggest crisis...
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BU needs more school spirit
At Binghamton University, our football team has been “undefeated since 1946.” Most students who go to BU get a good laugh out of this inside joke, since we all know that in...
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Columbus Day should be called 'Indigenous Peoples Day'
Growing up, we are taught that the first person to discover the Americas was an Italian gentleman by the name of Christopher Columbus. We are often presented with the song “Christopher Columbus...
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The problem with the way Hollywood depicts terrorism
“The 15:17 to Paris” is a movie about the heroic actions of several people who stopped a lone-wolf terrorist from killing people aboard a high-speed train heading to Paris on Aug. 21,...
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College fitness practices can be toxic to mental health
I recently found a new podcast that I have quickly become enamored with: “Well and Weird” by Holly Lowery, whom I know from Cafe at 407 in Syracuse, a cafe dedicated to...
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It's unjust to force students to go to college
It was a foregone conclusion that before I graduated high school, I chose to go to university. This was the choice that was right for me; I was interested in economics and...