Columns

Carbon offset is an insidious lie

Ever heard a company advertise that they’re going “carbon neutral” in the near future? If you’re reading this column online, you probably have. Carbon neutrality is a popular new marketing phrase that’s...


Columns

Viewers fail to understand real-world relevance of "Black Widow"

For the past decade, Marvel has owned the movie box office, producing blockbuster after blockbuster. But since their Infinity Saga ended with Avengers: Endgame, many of their productions have been controversial to...


Columns

Media should emphasize environmental progress

The tremendous weight of how hopeless humans feel toward saving their planet overpowers any desire to act. Thinking back to news stories I have seen addressing environmental issues, there is almost always...


Columns

High-Speed railway lines should be installed in the North East

There are some initiatives to build high-speed rail in the United States, with lots of significant hurdles to overcome. In a country with a free market economy and loads of private property,...


Columns

Stranger Things should come to a satisfying end in Season Five

The story arc has made sense thus far, and has been both easy enough to follow and interestingly complex. Its use of classical horror tropes has been entertaining, and its use of...


Senior Columns

Senior Column: It's the simple things

For the last two years, my friends and I have lived in a grey house on the West Side. It’s got a porch with Edison bulbs overhead and a rose bush out...


Senior Columns

Senior Column: Laughing about life

The senior column was a tradition I had heard about since my freshman year in Pipe Dream and have looked forward to writing for a while now. As I sit here and...


Senior Columns

Senior Column: Good luck and goodbye

In my time at Binghamton University and in Pipe Dream, I have not only learned to be a designer who is committed to contributing to work that makes a positive impact, but...


Senior Columns

Senior Column: Everybody wants to be wanted

For most of my life, I’ve felt completely alone in the world. I was never truly lonely in the tangible sense, and neither are most people. Every day, I’m surrounded by living,...


Senior Columns

Senior Column: Longing for a legacy

I don’t think I could have confidently predicted how any aspect of my college career turned out today when I first moved into that Mountainview College suite four years ago. For one...