Speakers
TEDxBU 2015: 'Chickenization'
Evil corporations aren’t just charging too much for their products, they are actually undermining the very fabric of our democracy. At least that is the picture that Zephyr Teachout painted in her...
Speakers
TEDxBU 2015: 'Fast Food Revolution'
Technology has advanced sufficiently for restaurants to provide those healthy and wholesome meals with near the speed, convenience and price of fast food places ...
News
TEDxBU 2015: 'Porn: The New Tobacco'
In the same way tobacco reshapes people’s neural pathways, internet pornography is changing human sexuality. In his talk, “Porn: The New Tobacco,” student speaker Jack Fischer warned of porn’s harmful effects on...
Speakers
TEDxBU 2015: 'Oil in the Middle Eastern markets and what is means to the rest of the world'
Christopher Fix regularly spends his time meeting oil ministers in Dubai and jetting off to Shanghai to practice his Mandarin with businessmen and factory owners. But he took a few hours from...
Community
TEDxBU 2015: 'Witnessing the Power of Conscience'
There are many reasons someone may join the military: for pride, for money or to defend their country. But what concerned TEDx speaker Maria Santelli was what happens when they realize they’ve...
Campus News
TEDxBU 2015: 'A Possibility Model'
For students who are searching for direction in their lives, the process may seem unclear or daunting. Sunny Hostin, a journalist and Binghamton University alumna, shared the stages of finding one’s purpose...
Campus News
Loyola professors examines roots of male-dominated societies
For centuries, intellectuals around the world have protested the distorted standards between men and women. To address those inequalities, though, Catherine Wessinger, a professor at Loyola University in New Orleans, broke down...
Community
Demanding local laborers, Union members picket campus construction
Walking or driving past Lecture Hall last week, students were greeted by an uncommon sight for the Brain — a giant, inflatable rat. The inflatable rat, or “union rat,” is used by...
News
SA congress plans for possible student activity fee increase
The Student Congress held its meeting Monday night to discuss new budget plans for the upcoming year. Alexander Liu, the Student Association (SA) president, announced that major SA institutions such as the...
Community
Halabaja memorial looks to preventing future atrocities
Monday evening marked the 27th anniversary of chemical attack on the Kurdish city of Halabja by the Iraqi government, which killed thousands ...