Columns
Where are BU's payments in lieu of taxes?
On Sept. 14, 2018, members of the Frances Beal Society (myself among them) and the Human Development Emancipation and Activism Taskforce staged a demonstration outside the University Downtown Center (UDC). At the...
Letters
Letter to the Editor: In response to Jonathan Gelernter's Sept. 19 letter
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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...