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Reflecting on my negative LSD trip

I knew my brain didn’t like acid from the very first time I tried it. Tripping off of only half a tab in the College-in-the-Woods dining hall and feeling fully uncomfortable the...


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Stricter gun legislation is not the answer to gun violence

Elizabeth Short’s heart is in the right place, but her conclusion in her March 27 column is off the mark. The massacre in New Zealand struck a nerve with my community. As...


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Your money, your voice

Fee increases are coming. Of the 14 broad-based fees paid by undergraduates, Binghamton University is proposing increases to four of them: the student health fee, the technology fee, the intercollegiate athletics fee...


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We need to keep talking about voting

The state of New York has recently made some very impressive and important changes to our long outdated voting system, finally putting us in the same lane as 37 other states. Gov....


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We should support local businesses over large corporations

According to a recent Pipe Dream article, local politicians have been vocal in their support for Amazon setting up shop in Binghamton. That is a major problem. Amazon is a toxic convenience...


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OCCT should remove its misleading advertisements

As a faculty member, there are risks that come with riding Binghamton University’s Off Campus College Transport (OCCT) buses regularly. Should a student peek at my phone, they might discover my Cardi...


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Navigating birth control on your own

I got my first real boyfriend in college. My parents are religious immigrants and very closed-off people, which made it hard to open up to them about relationships. When I’m at home,...


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The recent missile strikes in Israel are reprehensible

Last Sunday, I woke up afraid. Not fearing for my own life, but rather for the lives of my friends and family living in southern Israel. I feared for my brother, who...


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Anti-Semitic acts are unacceptable

Tuesday morning, I woke up to an extremely disturbing Facebook post. It was not something I hadn’t seen before. In fact, it was something that pops up in my news feed somewhat...


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What constitutes upstate New York is up to you

It was suggested in an article published last week, titled “Binghamton is not part of upstate New York,” that much banter occurs about upstate during the first month of the fall semester....