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Columns
Mental illness misunderstood
I’m sure that you are familiar with the diagnosis of borderline personality disorder (BPD). It has a negative stigma attached to its name and it is often falsely perceived as a diagnosis...
Guest Columns
Why I believe Trump's candidacy is a good thing
I’m glad Donald Trump is running for president. I think the Trump campaign is valuable to America, and I think you’ll agree with me. Before I’m branded with a scarlet “T” and...
Letters
Letter to the Editor: Argument for GA pay flawed
Binghamton University is proposing to increase the stipends for its teaching assistants (TAs) and graduate assistants (GAs). This would be great, except the increase only applies to new graduate students, beginning fall...
Letters
Letter to the Editor: Protests across campus highlight the need for progress
A premier university is defined by the quality of its learning, teaching and research. Binghamton University has built its reputation for excellence on the commitment of its faculty and students to learn...
Guest Columns
Support boycott of Israeli academic institutions
On Friday, November 20, the American Anthropological Association (AAA) witnessed an historic victory at their annual business meeting, in which a landslide vote of 1040-136 supported a resolution that calls for the...
Letters
Letter to the Editor: Professors speak out against hate
To the Editor, We read with dismay recent suggestions by some candidates for President of the United States that Muslims should be forced to register, and comparing Muslim immigrants to rabid dogs....
Letters
Letter to the Editor: Equal Pay for Equal Work
In the rush to turn Binghamton University into a “premier public” institution, teaching assistants and graduate assistants are getting a raw deal. That might not bother you too much if one recently...
Guest Columns
Six degrees of separation
Have you ever heard of Six Degrees of Separation? Supposedly it would only take, at most, six steps to connect any two people in the world, from New York to London, London...
Guest Columns
What the United States owes the Syrian refugees
When photos of Alan Kurdi, a three-year-old Syrian boy who was found dead on a Turkish shore, surfaced, the world was heartbroken and outraged. What could an innocent child have done to...
Opinions
We were scared, but we knew Paris would persevere
This morning I took the metro to work. It was packed as usual. I greeted everyone at and sat down at my desk. It was a normal Monday — as if nothing...