Kristen DiPietra
kdipiet2@binghamton.edu
53 Articles
Columns
Pity the pitbull
It’s happened to many of us: you’re walking down the street and see a big, menacing pit bull. You cross the street to avoid the potential dangers associated with this particular breed,...
Opinions
Leading by stepping back
Throughout our four years in college, many of us will gain experience leading student organizations in some capacity. Our preconceptions of what it means to be a leader may be clouded by...
Advice Column
Dear Kristen 3/27: intimate initiator, unfair firing
Dear Kristen, My boyfriend is never in the mood to have sex. Although I don’t have an abnormally high sex drive, I’m always the one to initiate things and try to get...
Columns
Navigating your emotional affair
Cheating on a significant other does not always have to yield a steamy kiss or a sexual encounter with another person. It may not even require touching them. In its most sinister...
Columns
Mandatory participation harms education
In a lot of ways, college is no different than high school, save the caliber of work and the fact that students are more covert when they show up to class under...
Advice Column
Advice column 3/16: Tighty-whities, required troubles
I recently started seeing this guy and I’ve been having a great time. He’s sweet, smart and interested in what I have to say. We’ve hooked up a few times and it’s...
Columns
A Moore effective avenue for feminism in TV
Less than a week after the Women’s March on Washington, the United States lost a pioneering comic and feminist. On Wednesday, Jan. 25, Mary Tyler Moore died at the age of 80...
Advice Column
Advice column 2/23: Studying abroad, embracing religion
Hi Kristen, I want to study abroad next spring in South America as part of a program pertaining to my major. I’ve already conducted research about the program and it sounds fun....
Columns
Make America bang again
With all the recent doom and gloom in the world, it’s hard to feel optimistic. I’ve already had two dreams in which I ate all of my birth control pills in desperation....
Advice Column
Pipe Dream Advice: campus dates, know your roomates
Dear Kristen, I really like this girl, one of my close friends, and I want to ask her out soon. The only problem is I don’t have a car, I live on...