Jamie H. Nguyen
mnguye21@binghamton.edu
33 Articles
Off-Campus Events
Enjoy a two-day First Friday/Saturday to get into a festive spirit
Apart from the usual art festivities on the monthly First Friday, this weekend will also debut a First Saturday in conjunction with Santacon. While you’re busy going wild this Saturday, check out...
On-Campus Events
Distinguished Writers Series features Ada Limón
Last Thursday, Nov. 11, the Distinguished Writers Series welcomed poet Ada Limón in a virtual reading of her works, both published and unpublished. This series was established during the height of the...
Community
Welcome the winter with November's First Friday events
Nov. 5 to Nov. 27 at Orazio Salati Studio & Gallery (204 State St.) The “2 Person Exhibition” features two artists: Cindy Henry and Viggo Holm Madsen. According to the Broome County...
Arts & Culture
What's happening for this October's First Friday
Welcome to October! With the beginning of the month comes our favorite First Friday events. This month’s First Friday will take place on Oct. 1 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. and...
On-Campus Events
BU Art Museum hosts scavenger hunt across campus
Nov. 14 marked the final day of the scavenger hunt, created by the Binghamton University Art Museum. The scavenger hunt was announced on the BU Art Museum’s Instagram page on April 11...
Features
The Miskatonic Insitute of Horror Studies: Where academia becomes horrifying
What is horror? More importantly, what is horror as a genre? The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies was founded in an attempt to educate people on the horror genre and provide some...
Features
The significance, evolution of zines in counterculture history
Poetry with illustrations, tiny comic pages, art collages and food recipes sandwiched between political opinions. Self-distributed from your mom’s basement, underground press in your dad’s attic and unofficial fan conventions. Those are...
Off-Campus Events
RoberCon marks its seventh-annual return this weekend online
This week marks the return of RoberCon, Binghamton’s annual convention for everything geek, from comics to fandoms to gaming. Serving as a fundraiser for the Roberson Museum and Science Center ever since...
Music
Quarantine throwback playlist
As we head into our third week of classes, it may slip students’ minds that we have fully transitioned to living a “new normal” in the age of the coronavirus. Although the...
Features
Usage of the word 'townie' shows complex history between BU students, locals
When I told one of my friends that my classmate was from the area, she remarked: “Oh, he’s a townie.” That was the first time I heard the word “townie”, and then...