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Going to college shifts perceptions of home
Now that I’m getting close to finishing my first semester of college, I’ve started to reflect on how my perception of home has changed while I’ve been away at school. When I’m...
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Gen Eds waste time and money
Welcome to college! It’s very different than high school. In high school, you had to study everything — like math, English, science and history. But in college, you get to specialize and...
Staff Editorials
Editorial: The season of giving never ends
Around the holidays, volunteering usually increases by around 50 percent, and donations toward food banks spike. While this uptick in generosity is useful, issues of food insecurity should not only be prioritized...
Opinions
Community service should be paired with political action
The holidays are here again — a time of cheer, celebration and giving. It’s the time of year when people flock to soup kitchens and do their best to support people in...
Opinions
The walkability of college campuses should be mirrored in U.S. cities
The nostalgia that many Americans have for their college years can be tied to the walkability of college campuses. Compared to most towns and cities in the United States, college campuses are...
Opinions
Menstrual products should be easily accessible
Not only do people with periods deal with monthly bleeding, cramping and pain, but they also have to spend about $18,000 during their lifetime on feminine hygiene products such as pads and...
Columns
Monetary donations foster false satisfaction
I donated my dwindling meal plan dollars purely out of pressure and fear of judgment when dining services at Binghamton University were collecting donations for a food drive. It’s not that I...
Columns
Artemis mission to the moon has exciting technological, scientific potential
In September, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) decided to roll back the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket from Complex 39A to the Vehicle Assembly Building ahead of the expected arrival...
Opinions
Environmental racism disproportionately distributes the consequences of consumption
Environmental racism includes but is not limited to governmental rules, policies or regulations that unevenly target neighborhoods disproportionately made up of people of color or poorer people, for locally undesirable land uses....
Opinions
Performative social media activism is counterproductive
“Why aren’t we talking about this?” It feels like every time I open Instagram, at least one person’s story has an Impact infographic or news article about a trending national or global...