Julia O'Reilly

joreill7@binghamton.edu

15 Articles


Columns

Teachers should facilitate active learning

“Well I got through it, so they should too.” “They’re just not smart enough.” “They just need to try harder.” Introducing … the generational type of thinking that hinders progress for the...


Columns

Packed schedules maximize productivity

I am one of those people who plans their life down to the minute and is still usually 15 minutes behind. While in my case, this often results in five late class...


Columns

Young adults should become familiar with drinking prior to college

Prospective college students should learn how to drink responsibly prior to college, no matter what the law says. Sound ridiculous? Well not as ridiculous as pretending underage drinking doesn’t happen just because...


Columns

Universities need to do more to address seasonal depression

I woke up on my not-so-cushioned slab of bedrock this morning, in my shoebox-sized dorm room, and peeled my eyes open to peer out the window and see gray. Not just any...


Columns

Gen Eds waste time and money

Welcome to college! It’s very different than high school. In high school, you had to study everything — like math, English, science and history. But in college, you get to specialize and...


Opinions

People are too quick to judge country music

“Life is short, make it sweet.” It’s a sentiment that many people believe in, live by or strive to live by a little more each day. Many would agree that it might...


Opinions

Hookup culture poses serious health risks

Step 1: Fuck feelings. Step 2: Fuck. Urban Dictionary defines “hookup culture” as “the era that began in the early 1990s and has since prevailed on college campuses and elsewhere when hooking...


Opinions

Coffee addiction may be healthy

“It’s not like its cocaine, right?” Caffeine might not be cocaine, but it’s still a drug. Not only a drug, but the most psychoactive and consumed drug in the world. However, this...


Housing Issue 2022

The Printing House versus 20 Hawley St.

Have cold or fever-like symptoms? Do you feel nauseous all the time? Do you have migraines that won’t end and stomach pains that won’t stop? These are all symptoms of a pretty...


Opinions

Don't put too much pressure on relationships

Why do we date? Why do we partake in the obligatory meal with a total stranger, or the awkward movie appointment that is defined by whether one or two straws puncture the...