Katie Dowd

Copy Desk Chief, Interim Opinion Editor

kdowd5@binghamton.edu

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Columns

As it turns out, home is where the heart is

Last summer, my mom and I became homeless. Mom had been out of work for several months and the waiting list for public housing in my hometown is a year long, so...


Columns

Don't be afraid to come out to yourself

The moment I realized something had to give was the moment I threw up during the 2014 Golden Globes. I was 20 years old. I told my mom it was the pizza....


Opinions

Binghamton University taught me how to make the most of being by myself

My first defining memory of being a Binghamton University student is of calling my mom at 2 a.m., sobbing uncontrollably. The kind of crying I did that night was the kind of...


Lifestyles

How to stop your chem exam from messing with your brain chem: getting through finals with anxiety

Brief breaks are healthy, but if it’s 5 a.m. and you’re watching the nine-minute “The Farmer and the Cowman” dance sequence from the 1999 West End production of “Oklahoma!” on YouTube, you ...


Music

Sex Issue 2015: Fiery on stage, but how are they at sex?

Full disclosure, I’ve probably masturbated more to Arctic Monkeys’ fifth studio album, “AM,” than your run-of-the-mill college boy has masturbated to degrading porn on PornHub. ...


Lifestyles

Sex Issue 2015: Age is more than just a number: be wary of power dynamics

When you’re young, broke and confused, and suddenly you’re dating a real adult, you’re automatically playing defense. ...


Music

The five stages of Zayn Grief

Now is a time of mourning, dearest Pipe Dream readers. ...


Movies

Don't settle for just 'Saw'

It was the perfect climate for horror films to flourish and it’s no coincidence that some of the best and most popular German Expressionist films were such. ...


Guest Columns

Don't stare into the abyss, spit at it

Write about your broken heart, sing about your existential terror, paint your alientation. ...


Guest Columns

Guest column: Listen to the Who, not the monster, in you

I’ve been like this for a few months now, and I’ve decided to take the spring semester off. ...