Letters

Letter to the Editor: In response to Jonathan Gelernter's Sept. 19 letter

By Guest Author -

I am a Zionist. Not only am I a Zionist, but I am a female, Jewish person of color and I have never felt more marginalized in my lifetime. When Zionists are...

Columns

Diversity helps minority students feel accepted

By Annick Tabb -

When I was a kid, I went to the birthday party of a friend who lived in a different town that was known for its affluence. Everything went smoothly until we were...

Columns

Students should be proud to attend Binghamton University

By Emily Houston -

In an article published in the Sept. 17 issue of Pipe Dream, I learned that Binghamton University rose to No. 80 on the list of “Best National Universities” and No. 32 on...

Columns

Crazy Rich Asians finally makes me crazy proud to be an Asian-American

By Katy Wong -

The first time I realized I was an ethnic minority was in the fifth grade, when a boy in my class pulled his eyes back at me and shouted, “Look, I’m Chinese!”...

Staff Editorials

Editorial: BU departments are only supposed to schedule 45 percent of classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Many do not comply.

By The Editorial Board -

Several of Binghamton University’s academic departments are violating scheduling rules, forcing students to stack their schedules and deal with overtaxed campus parking. The Faculty-Staff Handbook states, “Academic departments are expected to schedule...

Columns

Defacing Nike brand apparel is not an effective form of protest

By Elizabeth Short -

This month, Nike released both a video and photo advertisement for the 30th anniversary of its “Just Do It” campaign. The athlete chosen to represent the brand? Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback...

Columns

Criticizing Israel does not always amount to anti-Semitism

By Sarah Molano -

Michael Harel stated in his Sept. 13 column that “anti-Semitic groups should not be given a platform on college campuses,” per the title of his piece. While this is undoubtedly true and...

Letters

Letter to the Editor: In response to Michael Harel's Sept. 12 column

By Guest Author -

Last week, on the day after Rosh HaShanah, Pipe Dream published an op-ed by a senior, Michael Harel, who argued that Students for Justice in Palestine should be barred from college campuses...

Columns

Acts of kindness often stay with recipients

By Aaron Bondar -

In 1944, my grandmother was sent to a death camp in the Polish countryside. The name of that camp, Auschwitz, has now been branded into our collective memory as the physical and...

Columns

John McCain does not deserve adulation

By Jacob Hanna -

John McCain passed away on Aug. 25. If you didn’t see the reports as it happened on Twitter or cable news, you likely saw the eulogies pour in thereafter. You probably heard...