Omer Mungan
omungan@binghamton.edu
7 Articles
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The geography of luck
When I first arrived in the United States as an international student from Turkey, I found myself navigating a fascinating series of culture shocks. I vividly remember sitting in a dining hall...
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Worth can't be measured on a 4.0 scale
We live in a world that is fundamentally obsessed with measurement. For a Binghamton University student, life is often reduced to a series of quantifiable metrics — credit hours, LinkedIn connections, internship...
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Overcome misery by choosing compassion
There is a specific, suffocating heaviness that settles over a room when someone walks in and immediately unpacks their exhaustion. You know the exact feeling. You’re sitting with friends, enjoying a rare...
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The cost of silence
Life begins with a scream. In a hospital delivery room, silence is deeply terrifying. Doctors and nurses anxiously wait for that piercing wail because it is proof of vitality, signaling that a...
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The echo of an empty chair
There is a strange, comforting illusion we all fall for in college — the illusion of permanence. We silently convince ourselves that the people we see every single day will always be...
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The invisible ledger
Imagine you have a free hour — no classes, no meetings, no homework due at midnight. You should feel relieved. Instead, you feel anxious. You sit down to relax, but a voice...
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Finding perfection in our flaws
We live in the era of the highlight reel. By merely walking through a campus career fair or scrolling through LinkedIn during internship season, you will be instantly bombarded with images of...