Columns

An uneducated opinion is an unnecessary opinion

There is great value in being politically aware. Politics touch upon nearly every aspect of our lives and learning about some of the most exalted institutions and individuals is both useful and...


Columns

Why we need to stop calling President Trump a Nazi

“If I had a gun with two bullets and I was in a room with Hitler, Bin Laden and Toby, I would shoot Toby twice.” One of the funniest quotes from “The...


Columns

BU should establish open educational resources

How many times have you purchased textbooks for hundreds of dollars, only to have their value depreciate dramatically? I have personally wasted hundreds of dollars, if not thousands, that could have helped...


Staff Editorials

Editorial: It's not registering

Every student at Binghamton University has taken a student opinion of teaching (SOOT) survey at the end of a course, but since the surveys and course grade distributions are not made public...


Columns

Is rhetoric the solution to political polarization?

My appreciation for the complexity of the English language stems from the fact that it wasn’t my first — rather, the harsh consonants with their softer counterparts, the reduction of unstressed vowels...


Columns

TV has the power to bridge political divides

As I watch “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” on YouTube every Monday morning, I imagine someone who is conservative at home somewhere raging at their screen. Oliver’s biases and political predilections,...


Columns

The census shouldn't invalidate people's identities

On March 30, Alex Wagner of The New York Times raised an issue that many seem to have forgotten about, even in light of the increased debate surrounding immigration: those not counted...


Opinions

Remembering the Holocaust on Yom HaShoah

In May 2014, I visited Poland to see the death camps on a trip that felt more like a pilgrimage. I wanted to see the places where my grandmother was imprisoned and...


Columns

Reconsidering the scope of disability representation

Recently, Pipe Dream published a column by Jessica Gutowitz on the apparent lack of media representation for certain groups. She argues that in an age where “underrepresented groups” are being brought up...


Columns

Where the March for Our Lives falls short

On March 24, I attended the Binghamton March For Our Lives. I was initially exhilarated by the energy with which the organizers marched and moved by the three-minute moment of silence to...