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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...
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The suppression of depression
In the past week, I have received messages from four separate friends, all on different campuses, who are struggling with lack of motivation and feelings of hopelessness. This is far from an...
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The unfunded solution to our gun problem
Since 2013, Garen Wintemute, a professor of emergency medicine at the University of California, Davis, has spent over $1 million of his own money to study gun violence. Last month, Wintemute announced...
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Letter to the Editor: Response to Pipe Dream's 9/27 editorial 'SOM or SOL'
Dear Pipe Dream and Binghamton Students: We in the Fleishman Center write to thank the editorial board in their recent opinion piece, SOM or SOL, for shining attention on a topic of...
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Do 'All Lives Matter'?
Back in 2013, the world closely watched the State of Florida versus George Zimmerman case, a trial that ultimately resulted in Zimmerman’s acquittal for the murder of 17-year-old African American teen Trayvon...
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Finding the point
When I first heard about Colin Kaepernick’s statement in regards to his decision to sit during the national anthem, I applauded him. I found beauty in his decision to protest an anthem...
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Young liberals must put aside grievances and vote for Hillary
If you’re a young liberal or a former Bernie Sanders supporter and you aren’t voting for Hillary Clinton, you’re fooling yourself. And there are a lot of you out there; for voters...
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College nutritional practices are too often ignored
The importance of nutrition is far too often minimized in college for understandable reasons: students are busy, constantly on-the-go and it can be difficult to sit down and eat a meal when...
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The 'adulting' mentality is harmful to millennials
When do we become adults? In the eyes of the church, I became an adult at 13, still donning braces and a Panic! At The Disco shirt. Legal definitions of adulthood vary...
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Foreign film provides unique perspective to modern viewers
In the past, if you wanted to watch a foreign film you would have to go to an art house cinema or peruse a relatively small section in the local video store....