Feature
Students found Eating Disorder Awareness Club
The newly-founded Eating Disorder Awareness Club (EDAC) is working to educate the campus community on the complexity of eating disorders and offer support to affected students. Its founder, Hannah Yeddu, a junior...
Sex Issue 2024
'Sex and Gender in Antiquity' explores gender-based norms, homosexual relationships between historical figures
A course offered by the Middle Eastern and Ancient Mediterranean Studies (MEAMS) department allows students to explore how gender and sexuality were perceived during ancient times. The course, AMS 280S: Sex and...
Sex Issue 2024
A Q&A with Diane Miller Sommerville
Diane Miller Sommerville is a professor of history at Binghamton University. She teaches “Sex in American History” and “Women, Family and Sex in the Early United States,” which focus on issues regarding...
Sex Issue 2024
'Say the damn word': The state of abortion rights, locally and nationwide
Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last June, abortion access has been stuck in a state of limbo across the United States. Though abortion rights have been threatened nationwide,...
Campus News
Students for Justice in Palestine, now fully-chartered, hopes to amplify pro-Palestinian voices on campus
Newly chartered by the Student Association (SA), Binghamton University’s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) is looking to the future. Advocating for Palestinian empowerment — both in historic Palestine and throughout the...
News
Gov. Hochul proposes $233 billion state budget
Advocating a pause in tax increases, Gov. Kathy Hochul released her $233 billion proposal for New York state’s 2025 fiscal year budget last month. The proposal came weeks earlier than the release...
Community
State Sen. Webb, Assemblywoman Reyes secure funding for BIPOC task force
State leaders held a press conference Jan. 31 on the Million Dollar Staircase in Albany to celebrate the signing of the BIPOC Task Force bill. Signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul in December,...
Community
Elected leaders hold press conference amid nursing home closures
Last Saturday, Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo and State Sen. Lea Webb, Greater Binghamton’s representatives in Albany, joined forces to address local nursing home closures. In the past two decades, New York state has...
Community
Proposal to dissolve Binghamton City Police receives first hearing in City Council
At a tense work session yesterday, Binghamton’s City Council heard a measure that would defund the Binghamton City Police. The measure was submitted to the council’s agenda by John Solak, a Binghamton...
Campus News
Citing budgetary issues, Student Association introduces 'soft cap' on club chartering
Amid budgetary concerns, Binghamton University’s Student Association (SA) is putting a “soft cap” on the number of clubs chartered this semester. Chance Fiorisi, the executive vice president (EVP) and a junior majoring...