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Challenging our deeply held beliefs
It’s almost a cliche at this point to talk about how divided our country has become. Equally cliched is the subsequent, impassioned plea for something — sanity, reason, unity — anything to...
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Becoming bike-friendly
Binghamton University, the Southern Tier and upstate New York as a whole are currently in the middle of a makeover. It is happening under a program called the New York Upstate Revitalization...
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Graduate school fees create barriers for students
If you thought you were done with standardized testing the day you got your sweet, sweet Binghamton University acceptance letter printed on watermarked stationery and boasting President Harvey Stenger’s signature, you were...
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Protecting the right to breast-feed in public
Victoria’s Secret: the feminine haven of overpriced bras and soft and sexy tees. Victoria’s Secret: the place where boobs go to be pampered, lavished and proudly displayed among a sea of multicolored...
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Conquering a fear of missing out
While scrolling through Pipe Dream’s website, I discovered an advice column from February of last semester in our Opinions Section regarding one’s uncertainty about studying abroad. It caught my attention because last...
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Appreciating modern horror movies
Halloween is upon us yet again, and with it comes plenty of spooky movie nights in which we ask a friend to accompany us to the bathroom lest a monster creep out...
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Recognizing reductionism
President Donald Trump’s erratic rhetoric has veered into new territory with his recent assessments of Puerto Rico, Las Vegas and the sinister cabal of ‘fake news media’ that supposedly wishes to undermine...
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Illiberal liberalism
Liberalism today has morphed into a constraining — yet ironically out-of-control — illiberal monster. It is no longer an open-minded or well-rounded political philosophy, but instead it has evolved into an ideology...
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Why do we devalue our teachers?
If you’re majoring in a subject that falls under the humanities, like English or history, you’ve probably heard the familiar jeer: “Oh, so you’re going to be a teacher?” The question would...
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BU should rename the Watson School
Thomas Watson is the pride of the Binghamton area: He is the man who started the internationally recognized and revolutionary company International Business Machines (IBM) out of Endicott, and whose name is...