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BU should offer long-term mental health services
With one in four adults in the United States experiencing mental illness and 75 percent of mental health conditions beginning by the age of 24, the University Counseling Center (UCC), located on...
Staff Editorials
Editorial: An end to housing haste
Binghamton University’s Residential Life staff has made changes to the Returning Student Housing Process starting this fall, allowing students to have peace of mind when choosing their housing for the following year....
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Comedy shows that rely on offending others aren't funny
It’s common knowledge that stars’ behavior behind the scenes can have drastic effects on what we viewers get to watch at home. Despite amassing nearly 18.4 million viewers on the night the...
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Genocide must be spoken about, not ignored
I am currently taking a genocide prevention class here at Binghamton University. During the first week of classes, my professor asked us if we knew what was currently happening in Myanmar, to...
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The Pentagon should encourage India to purchase weapons from the US
On Oct. 5, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin formally announced the signing of a $5 billion weapons deal. India will purchase five S-400 Triumf missile systems, which...
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Is age truly just a number?
A couple of weeks ago, social media platforms exploded due to an alleged relationship between 31-year-old rapper Drake and an 18-year-old model, Bella Harris. Photos also circulated of the two hanging out...
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Professors should promote female students' participation
There’s something troubling I’ve noticed as I struggle (and fail) to stay awake through each of my classes here at Binghamton University, and I’m sure it’s something you’ve observed in some of...
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Don’t confuse your sense of self with your selfie
At his talk on campus yesterday, Bo Burnham brought up the culture of self-documentation that has become so specific to our generation. Burnham’s film, “Eighth Grade,” follows a young girl, Kayla, as...
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'Gig economy' work is too precarious for college students
As parts of the economy have failed to catch up to prefinancial crisis levels, as we have seen in the Southern Tier in general, a large number of workers have been forced...
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BU students are exacerbating a New York farming problem
The rise of the wellness and sustainable agriculture movements has created a national conversation about deliberate, proactive food consumption — consumption that has, over recent years, steered away from dairy milk. It’s...