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Regulations on electronic tobacco products do little to deter usage
The tobacco industry has always had a polarizing effect on society. It’s criticized not only for the risks associated with tobacco usage, but also for the power of the companies within the...
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How does BU's meal plan system affect healthy eating habits?
At Binghamton University, students have a meal plan system unlike many other colleges. While most colleges rely mainly on a swipe system, allotting a certain number of weekly “swipes” to enter dining...
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It's important to be aware of privilege
As defined through sociocultural standards, privilege is the right or benefit given to some people, but not others. A contextually fluid definition rather than a fixed one, privilege can change and mean...
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The wealthy should not have an advantage in college admissions
A few years ago, I babysat an eighth grader whose mom had asked me questions about the college admissions process. The girl was 14, but her mom already planned for her to...
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Reclaiming slurs can be empowering
From their inception, derogatory slurs have been used to terrorize and abuse the groups of people they are hurled at. Words and phrases have been created or adapted to single out a...
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The Trump administration offers false support for LGBTQ people
The Trump administration is back at it again with manipulating real issues that affect not only Americans, but LGBTQ folk around the globe. A recent announcement by the administration, entirely reasonable at...
Guest Columns
Your money, your voice
Fee increases are coming. Of the 14 broad-based fees paid by undergraduates, Binghamton University is proposing increases to four of them: the student health fee, the technology fee, the intercollegiate athletics fee...
Staff Editorials
2019-20 Student Association candidate endorsements
President — Emma Ross Next week, Binghamton University’s undergraduate population will vote for one of three candidates for president of the Student Association (SA). It’s a position that is not as clearly...
Staff Editorials
Editorial: What are we paying for?
By next year, the fees Binghamton University students must pay in addition to their tuition will have increased by $76 over three years. Though this fee increase does not seem particularly steep...
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Addressing the fallacies of Common Core education
On March 3, 2019, Andrew Foley, development director of Better Days Greece, a non-governmental organization that focuses on providing spaces that promote relief, healing and learning to those displaced during the refugee...