Columns
Presidential debates have become obsolete for modern voting
With one of the most important elections in our lifetime in just over a month, the two candidates and their supporters have been preparing for the first presidential debate. These debates have...
Columns
We need our politicians to fight harder against climate change
As many of us know, Binghamton is notorious for its cloudiness. Last week, you may or may not have noticed that the sky was not covered by clouds, but by smoke that...
Columns
Physical education instruction needs to be reevaluated
As a child, all the way through high school, I always struggled with gym class. But if, similar to high school, I were required to take some sort of gym class every...
Columns
Sexual violence isn't always treated like the constant threat it is
How many times have we either had or overheard this conversation: “So, he asked you to have sex and you said no, and you still had sex anyway?” “Yeah … he kept...
Staff Editorials
Editorial: Sending it back
With COVID-19 shutting our usual way of life down, nearly all aspects of life on Binghamton University’s campus look completely different. Dining has been significantly altered on campus to help curb the...
Guest Columns
Avoiding an outbreak is everybody's responsibility
Just about half a year ago, Binghamton University students were sent home as a new virus came to the United States. We had heard of its effects in China and Italy, among...
Columns
Financial literacy is essential to student success
It’s common nowadays for college students to skip the finance section when reading the daily news on their newsfeed. It’s boring and filled with numbers, figures and line graphs. Contemporary terms like...
Columns
Zoom classes are inherently more challenging
After my Tuesday morning, afternoon and night of back-to-back Zoom classes, I felt utterly exhausted, drained and unfocused. I tried to participate in class, but my voice was lost in the five...
Columns
Extensive government surveillance is a violation of our rights
For the past few months, the major media cycles have focused on, justifiably so, a global pandemic, massive civil unrest and a collapsed economy. However, many stories go under the radar that...
Columns
Anti-racist readings must encompass more than Black trauma
Following repetitive police brutality and a spotlight on the Black Lives Matter movement over the past few months, anti-racist reading lists popped up across news outlets as one of many recommended actions...