Columns
Social media is not suited for activism
The beginning of June 2020 was marked with protests, as George Floyd’s death took place in late May that year. Protests mounted as people demanded justice. However, protesters and organizers alike faced...
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Biden must improve messaging before midterms
It’s been just over a year since Joe Biden took office, and the reviews have been mixed. With Democratic majorities in both the Senate and House of Representatives, Biden has been able...
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NFTS are environmentally unsustainable
Last week, a group of hackers stole hundreds of NFTs from a site called OpenSea, with an estimated final total falling at 254 tokens stolen. It was later revealed the hack was...
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Legislators mask transphobia with weaponized language
I’m very passionate about ideas I believe in and the policies and positions that I believe are good and moral. But although I may be passionate, it takes a lot for me...
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Robert Pattinson will make a strong Batman
Michael Keaton. Val Kilmer. George Clooney. Christian Bale. Ben Affleck. What all of these actors have in common, aside from being Hollywood A-listers, is that they have all donned the iconic cape...
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What sourdough baking has taught me
To Anna, who will forever be one of my greatest teachers. I went to San Francisco recently. Being in America’s sourdough capital, I took some time to reflect on what it was...
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The bright side to sports injuries
I’ve always been an athlete, ever since the days when tangy, sticky orange slices served as the pinnacle of my simple existence — the vehicle by which our parents eased our hearts...
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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...