Ashley Branch
Senior Columnist
Class of 2013 English
abranch1@binghamton.edu
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Women in U.S. today should be independent
I’ve figured out the key to success. Ladies, instead of wasting your time and money getting a college education so you have the opportunity to excel in a career that you love,...
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We create our own false idols
When I first heard the news about Snooki from ‘Jersey Shore’ coming to Binghamton University, my first thought was ‘Why?’ Many people whom I had spoken to about her arrival were not...
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The Drake concert had energy and personality
As I stood on line for more than two hours in front of the Events Center with my suitemates, huddled together to keep warm and watching out for people attempting to cut...
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Disney movies have as many prejudices as they do morals
When you’re seven years old watching ‘The Lion King,’ you never suspect that those smart-ass hyenas with the annoying laughs and street talk are supposed to represent black people, or that Sebastian...
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Mosque debate is very American
First American history lesson for the day: The first amendment to our nation’s Constitution includes the protection of the free exercise of religion. My guess is that our founding fathers thought it...
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Good grades aren’t worth bad health
Spring break agenda: Spend time with family, hang out with my boyfriend, roam around Manhattan with friends and … schedule a doctor’s appointment? Although the plan to see my doctor was not...
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God isn’t just an emergency contact
The last time I called on God, it was to ask Him to help me pass my philosophy final last semester. I know. I’m not the most devout Catholic; my talks with...