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Relationships don't have to be picture perfect

Every year on Valentine’s Day, it seems like everyone I know posts the gifts they received from their loved ones all over their social media platforms. There are those in relationships posting...


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Pharmaceutical drugs should not be advertised on TV

As the screams of fans die, beer cans begin to fill our recycling bins and the last piece of confetti is swept up, we mark the end the 2022 Super Bowl. As...


Staff Editorials

Editorial: Do as I say, not as I do

Over the past few days, Binghamton University sociology professor Ana Maria Candela has come under fire for implementing what is called a “progressive stacking” model in her Sociology 100: Social Change: Introduction...


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Binge watching on streaming services is unsustainable

Streaming services like Netflix, Hulu and Disney+ have experienced tremendous success over the past few years in terms of content creation and subscription growth. However, the content binge model that these platforms...


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America should embrace Modern Monetary Theory

If there’s anything to be taken away from the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s that our country is broken. In terms of health care, we simply don’t have the capacity with current private and...


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Riot Grrrl is not a radical movement

Riot Grrrl was a deeply personal, yet political, punk subgenre and counterculture that emerged in Washington, D.C. in 1991 to protest what many women judged as a patriarchal and shamelessly impudent punk...


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Binghamton needs more bike lanes

Ah, it’s that time of year again. While the groundhog may have said six more weeks of winter, it feels like spring is fast approaching. That means only one thing — biking...


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Kanye West's mental illness should be taken seriously

In a “Weekend Update’’ segment of “Saturday Night Live” on Oct. 7, 2018, Pete Davidson described what life on the “Saturday Night Live” set was like when rapper Kanye West was the...


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Professors should not limit laptop use

This semester, two of my professors have instituted bans on using laptops or tablets to take notes. Binghamton University should ban this practice, as it results in an overreach of a professor’s...


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Reading assignments are dense and difficult

Lectures and textbook reading are the backbone to many universities nationwide. In college, textbook reading assignments can be found in a myriad of different disciplines. Completing the assignments may determine the success...