Rebecca Klar

rklar1@binghamton.edu

24 Articles


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Pressure to find summer internships privileges advantaged few

A significant number of summer internships are for credit only with no compensation. Especially with the increasing costs of college tuition, many students need the money from summer jobs to help pay ...


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Red carpet racism is unacceptable

Rancic’s comments not only hurt Coleman, but young girls of color everywhere. ...


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Female nudity taboo reinforces double standard

The criminalization of naked female bodies is a chauvinistic act. ...


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Healthy guidelines not to blame for failed school lunch reform

The social media attack on Obama for her proposed changes is not the right way to address the issue. ...


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Elimination of History Regents requirements will harm NY students

Although these tests remain a voluntary option, the loss of required status will cause fewer schools to offer these courses and fewer students to enroll. ...


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Gender inequalities continue to persist

Watson formally invites the males of the world to join in this campaign, which is quite kind of her, yet in my opinion completely unnecessary. ...


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GPA obsession hurts the college culture

Levels of education are merely a staircase ins which each period of schooling exists only to bring students to the next, rather than as opportunities to grow and learn. ...


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Children have much to teach us

My campers cause me to question how much hatred in the world is inherent and how much is learned ...


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Tinder cheapens the dating experience

Tinder eliminates even the last shred of dignity our generation had left within the college hook-up culture. ...


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Our campus does not adequately accommodate transgender students

There is a lack of recognition of the LGBTQ community as a whole on campus, transgender students in particular. ...