Guest Columns
The coronavirus won't destroy the stock market — and it's important to know why
Most college students may not have any interest in the stock market, but the coronavirus presents a rare opportunity to start learning about how stocks can play a role in post-grad life....
Columns
Western media sensationalizes foreign diseases while ignoring domestic ones
Every few years there seems to be a new disease that is going to bring about the end of civilization. In the early 2000s, it was the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)...
Columns
Universities need to take student surveys more seriously
Every April and November, students across the Binghamton University community switch between tabs of BU Brain, RateMyProfessors.com and College Scheduler, frantically picking professors for their next-semester classes. In the days that follow,...
Columns
DIVEST BING should refocus their protest methodology
In recent weeks, a campus group known as DIVEST BING has held protests, including one in which the group was opposing BAE Systems at the Feb. 12 men’s basketball game. The goal...
Staff Editorials
Editorial: A lonely ballot
On March 17, Binghamton University students will see fewer options than usual on their ballots when they vote in the 2020 Student Association (SA) E-Board election. Each of the six open positions...
Columns
Marvel's superhero blockbusters do not classify as true cinema
Earning 10 nominations at the 73rd British Academy Film Awards and five nominations at the 77th Golden Globe Awards, Martin Scorsese’s star-studded film “The Irishman” hoped to add an Oscar to its...
Columns
The traditional eight-hour workday is detrimental to employees' productivity
There’s something to be said about the current eight-hour employment routine; it’s a workday time frame so uniformly shared among employers that the term “9-to-5” has established itself within our vocabulary. After...
Columns
To fight climate change, we must rethink our relationship with nature
In the past year, wildfires across the globe have covered the front pages of our newspapers. With devastating losses in the Amazon rainforest, Australia, California and other areas, newspapers have continuously broken...
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Being a Shabbat-observant Jew breaks the mold of a typical Generation Zer
Arguably, the most commonly said statement about young adults today is that we need everything — now. We crave immediacy. We text in shorthand to get the message out as fast as...
Columns
The U.S. government plays a powerful role in the spread of pseudoscience
The American public’s mistrust in the principles of science has seen a large resurgence in recent years. The belief in pseudoscientific assumptions, those not tested in concordance with scientific theory, has been...