Columns
The perceptions surrounding tattoos have changed, but not enough
When I was younger, I told my mom I wanted a tattoo and she scoffed. “Tattoos are trashy, and you won’t be able to be buried in a Jewish cemetery,” she said....
Columns
Sound-bite culture compromises the integrity of online content
On Sept. 3, rapper Lil Nas X was a guest on the HBO show “The Shop: Uninterrupted.” The show, which is a collaboration between HBO Sports and LeBron James and Maverick Carter’s...
Staff Editorials
Editorial: Financial Plan Z
After contract negotiations between SUNY and United University Professions (UUP) left Binghamton University in a budgetary crisis, administrators have struggled with ways to fill the gap in revenue needed to cover faculty...
Guest Columns
BU should engage with international students about Hong Kong protests
It continues to be the summer of unrest in the streets of Hong Kong as Hong Kongers enter their 13th consecutive week of protests. As an elite public university, Binghamton University and...
Columns
The monopoly on eyeglasses needs to end
I have been wearing eyeglasses since I was three years old. Seventeen years worth of glasses have racked up quite the bill. And I’m not alone — according to the Vision Council,...
Staff Editorials
Bridging the Town-Gown Gap
In Binghamton, there are endless ways to engage with the local community, from shopping at your corner store to attending events like the recent Porchfest and the upcoming LUMA. With the city’s...
Columns
The debate on climate change prevents nations from taking it seriously
The Amazon rainforest is known for its astounding biodiversity, size and importance to the rainforest ecosystem. In fact, the Amazon rainforest alone is responsible for 20 percent of Earth’s oxygen, thus earning...
Columns
Separating problematic politicians from their policies doesn’t work
When Dancing with the Stars announced the cast for the show’s 28th season, many were shocked and angered to hear that former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer would be joining the...
Columns
Mindfulness should be implemented into our education system
We are never bored. We never run out of things to look at unless we lose signal, or — God forbid — our charger. We are either distracting ourselves during class, eating...
Columns
Traveling unconventionally is the best way to study abroad
This summer I had the opportunity to explore Spain via boat. For two weeks, I lived on a Hallberg-Rassy sailboat, sailing from port to port along the coast of Mallorca, an island...