Guest Columns

Six degrees of separation

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Have you ever heard of Six Degrees of Separation? Supposedly it would only take, at most, six steps to connect any two people in the world, from New York to London, London...

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What the United States owes the Syrian refugees

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When photos of Alan Kurdi, a three-year-old Syrian boy who was found dead on a Turkish shore, surfaced, the world was heartbroken and outraged. What could an innocent child have done to...

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Letter from Provost Nieman

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Students and faculty challenge one another, creating a rich intellectual environment that helps everyone grow personally and intellectually. In the past year, students at Missouri, Yale, Binghamton and many other universities have...

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Response: Violence should not be the method of peace in the Middle East

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In his piece, Toivo Asheeke asks Binghamton to embrace the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign against Israel, a vibrant democracy in a sea of oppressive and dictatorial regimes, in response to recent...

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Give Palestine economic support

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As seems customary every year, there is rebellion in occupied Palestine. Since 2000, the year of the Second Intifada, the Palestinian masses divorced from any serious direction from their political parties have...

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Without the culling of deer, Binghamton's nature preserve will not survive

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I remember the first time I toured Binghamton University’s campus. During the tour, the guide mentioned the Nature Preserve: I immediately perked up. It reminded me of a similar preserve called Teatown...

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Alumni Column: I didn't learn it all from Pipe Dream

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In my sophomore year of college, I emailed a semi-famous journalist and editor of a small magazine I admire to ask for advice. I was starting to think that this whole journalism-as-a-career...

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Alumni Column: Former editor reflects on 9/11

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For the 10th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center, I was asked to write a blog post about my experience that day. I was living in London at the...

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World travel should be recognized

By Katie Kravat -

After traveling non-stop for five months and getting my first real taste of freedom on my semester abroad, my connection with myself and the world around me was at its peak; I...

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Young people's pessimistic view of politics is deeply misguided

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With the upcoming presidential race, much of the focus has centered on ridiculous jargon and scandals. Because of this, young people are more frequently distancing themselves from politics. This is wrong. Not...