Columns
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...
Columns
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...
Columns
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...
Columns
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...
Columns
'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...
Columns
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...
Columns
Kavanaugh’s appointment is a slap in the face for sexual assault survivors
On Thursday, Sept. 27, nearly 20.4 million people across the nation tuned into both cable and broadcasting networks to watch Dr. Christine Blasey Ford testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee against Supreme...
Staff Editorials
Editorial: Fraternizing with formalities
Binghamton University’s new guidelines for fraternity recruitment will work to make recruitment for Greek organizations more similar, but may impose unnecessary regulations. The InterFraternity Council (IFC) and the Office of Fraternity and...
Columns
Students with depression should seek help
When did it become almost standard to be “depressed” at college? When did Zoloft, Prozac and Lexapro become common rhetoric around college campuses? And, most importantly, when will colleges give this epidemic...
Guest Columns
What constitutes upstate New York is up to you
It was suggested in an article published last week, titled “Binghamton is not part of upstate New York,” that much banter occurs about upstate during the first month of the fall semester....