Opinions

Letter to the Editor: SA Congress statement sets precedent for another divisive semester

On Sept. 23, the Student Association’s Instagram account posted a statement officially calling on Binghamton University to divest from Israel amid the Israel-Hamas war. The move came nearly six months after S2324-R11...


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Geoengineering is not a holistic solution to climate change

Geoengineering, a tactic to mitigate climate change, is gaining more and more support. It involves large-scale ways of intervening in the way that Earth works. A couple of ways it does this...


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Trump's lies about Haitian immigrants are dangerous and malicious

Donald Trump is no stranger to lying. In fact, he has arguably built his entire political career off telling half-truths and blatantly spreading misinformation. Many of these lies have had extremely negative...


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Israeli terrorism in Lebanon must be condemned

Lebanon was subject to a series of terror attacks targeting communication devices on Sept. 17 and 18. The covert operation was reportedly put in motion five months ago. At least 32 people...


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Liberal Zionism is a hoax

Israel’s Operation Swords of Iron has killed liberal Zionism. But unlike the more than 40,000 Palestinians dead, liberal Zionism doesn’t deserve a eulogy. Liberal Zionism is a blatant incongruity — a colonial...


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The Cyprus question must be solved with cooperation

A key region of heated hostilities today is Palestine — the war in Gaza continues to claim lives, and the risk of the conflict escalating into a major war between regional powers...


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Addressing Palestinian refugees and their right to return

Leila Khaled was born in al-Hayfa, or Haifa, Mandatory Palestine in 1944. In her autobiography, she writes that “Haifa is caressed by the sea, hugged by the mountain, inspired by the open...


Staff Editorials

Editorial: University must prioritize community-centered housing in construction projects

Cooperatively owned housing, or housing co-ops, have never been tried before at Binghamton University. As an alternative to dorms and apartments managed by administrators and community governments, nonprofit housing co-ops are collaboratively...


Housing Issue 2024

The home must be embodied

In Sigmund Freud’s “The Uncanny,” he remarks that the mother’s womb is the place “where everyone once lived.” Once regarded as comforting and now simultaneously rendered terrifying and “other” through various sexual...


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On the power of prayer

On my eighth birthday, my parents got me a manual on “How to Become a Princess.” It was a thrilling book, riddled with little notes, interactive cut outs and all the instructions...