Jillian Kermani
Columnist
Senior Nursing
jkerman2@binghamton.edu
35 Articles
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Healthy living, made easy
As someone who just started up on a health kick a mere seven days ago, I feel completely confident to leap onto my pedestal and give you some masterful advice on living...
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Good questions lead to great answers
Let’s be honest, everyone prefers talking about themselves rather than listening to others. There are really only a few people who actually enjoy listening to other people. At least that’s how I...
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The Vagina Monologues, a review
Binghamton University weekends are great, but I wanted something different this weekend, so I decided to go down under. I decided to see the Vagina Monologues. Going in, I had little idea...
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The texting personalities we encounter every day
It might be said that “only kindness matters in the end,” but that is not very helpful for everyone in the middle, or in what I like to call “life.” The honest...
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How to fix your Tomagotchi-friendships
You can’t go a day without seeing them, you get dinner every night together, you text constantly and then go your separate ways and don’t think too much of it. No, this...
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On surviving BU: Eat your Wheaties
After being fed misleading ideas for so long about what our college experience would be and should be, it’s hard to digest anything that goes against what we know. But there are...
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Exams: Stressful, yet satisfying
There’s a reason Thanksgiving comes before finals — once exams roll around, nobody’s grateful for anything, except sleep. Yes, finals time brings out the worst in college students, turning us all into...
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Viewing insomnia as a blessing
Not sleeping is the coolest! I’ve tried feeling fully rested for two-thirds of the day, but nothing feels better than being exhausted all of the time. Not convinced? My inner cheerleader can...
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Happiness shouldn't be forced
I think it can be assumed that most parents tell their kids to ignore the pressure to drink, smoke or have sex. But despite their good intentions, parents are just as often...
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New additions to the family make school seem insignificant
My college life had become kind of a lull between weekends, with occasional exam panics peppered throughout. But last week was different. My older brother sent me a text that read: ‘Chloe...