Becca Porath

Contributing Release Writer

rporath1@binghamton.edu

32 Articles


Arts & Culture

The 10 wildest college parties across the nation

Every year at UC Boulder, tens of thousands of students hold a “rally” on the campus’s Norlin Quadrangle for the legalization of marijuana by, well, let’s just say actions speak louder than ...


Arts & Culture

Oscars 2013 in retrospect

A year of extraordinary accomplishments and fierce competition in film climaxed with the most anticipated evening of the year: the 85th Academy Awards. This year, the producers tried to infuse the crowd-pleasing...


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How to have a successful Valentine's day...next year

Every year, Feb. 14 rolls around, bringing with it love, joy and pure magic. The sky looks bluer and the sun shines a little bit brighter. Significant others will shower their loves...


Arts & Culture

The Most Anticipated Films of 2013

At the beginning of each year, the film industry takes their vacation. With the Oscar contenders being rolled out one after the other in the late months of the past year, filmmakers...


Arts & Culture

Hollywood takes two on espionage

In 2012, however, audiences were introduced to a new breed of secret agent, one who is humanized in more ways than one. ...


News

Chabad gives record-breaking a whirl

As the semester’s end draws near and life seems to be spinning out of control, Chabad is inviting students to drop their books and attempt to earn a place in the “Guinness ...


Arts & Culture

The 10 Scariest Movies of the 2000s That You Haven't Seen

“A Nightmare on Elm Street,” “Halloween,” “Psycho,” “Saw” and other mainstream films of that nature are too been-there-done-that. ...


Arts & Culture

Ben Affleck Scores with "Argo"

During the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis, six Americans escaped from the United States embassy. They took asylum in the Canadian embassy, as they had no way to return to America safely. So,...


Arts & Culture

The Five D's of Intramural, Co-ed Dodgeball

Dodgeball is even more fun than you might think ...


Arts & Culture

Seth MacFarline hosting the Oscars?

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recently announced that “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane will host the 85th Academy Awards. ...