Emily Vega
evega2@binghamton.edu
10 Articles
Opinions
Technology fuels Gen-Z's nostalgia
Stranger Things. Friends. High-rise jeans, but also bell-bottoms and Y2K fashion. Nostalgia has become nearly synonymous with popular culture as these “retro” or “vintage” styles pervade almost every aspect of youthful expression....
On-Campus Events
DCP presents Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
With a few tasteful curse words and perfectly-timed improv lines, the cast of the Dickinson Community Players (DCP) shined in their performance of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” this past weekend, April 14...
On-Campus Events
Twitch streamer Tyler Oakley speaks at BU
Binghamton University had the pleasure of welcoming internet superstar Tyler Oakley to campus this past Tuesday, Feb. 28. Oakley, a twitch streamer and YouTuber with over 23 million subscribers, sat down with...
Columns
Werewolf characters are queer coded
Since the dawn of the term “monstrosity,” queerness has been interwoven with the concept of disruptive, hybrid identities — identities par for the course in paranormal stories. There is a tight connection...
Off-Campus Events
Kilmer Mansion hosts annual "Winter Wonderbands"
As we near the month of February — surely to bring more cold weather and snow days — the Friends of the Kilmer Mansion hosted “Winter Wonderbands” on Saturday, an eventful community...
On-Campus Events
SAPB's Fall Fest brings students together
On Oct. 18, Binghamton’s Student Association Programming Board (SAPB) held its annual Fall Festival, decked with an impressive display of events, giveaways and local businesses. After being put on a hiatus just...
Columns
Social media perpetuates harmful cycle of "FOMO"
If you’ve ever experienced a school drug-prevention assembly or if you grew up in the 2000s or even the early 2010s, you’ve probably heard about the dangers of peer pressure. These admonitory...
Community
Common Ground series holds first installment of the year
Binghamton University’s Center for Writers is holding a new bi-semester reading series that incentivizes all writers, especially people of color or those part of the LGBTQ+ community, to gather and share their...
Books
Jennette McCurdy debuts novel "I'm Glad My Mom Died"
Jennette McCurdy’s titular authorial debut “I’m Glad My Mom Died” has been the center of literary discussion since before its publication early last month. And with a title like that, how could...
Campus News
National Engineers Week ends with "Community Day"
Local children filled the Innovative Technologies Complex (ITC) this past Saturday for the final event of National Engineers Week. Community Day was the last event organized by the Thomas J. Watson College...