Columns
Health care disparities for women must be addressed
Disparities in the health care system of the United States have been a major issue for years. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) describes health disparities as “preventable differences in...
Columns
College students should refrain from going home on weekends
When I always thought about going to college, I always thought about how great it would be and how much I would love it. At the beginning of college, I thought I...
Columns
Believing that college should be the 'best years' sets unrealistic expectations
After moving into my dorm this year, I opened one of my drawers to find a note from my mom that ended with “Enjoy your college years, they are the best.” I...
Columns
The government reveals hypocrisy in economic relief for corporations versus citizens
The sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has had wide-ranging effects. Other banks have suffered residual knock-on effects, and the collapse likely represents the single most pressing challenge the American financial...
Columns
Trend of government deregulation is harmful
There is a degree of irony in the coinciding occurrence of former President Jimmy Carter’s decline in health and the mushroom cloud looming over East Palestine, Ohio. Carter, whose legacy is usually...
Columns
The Willow Project will exacerbate climate crisis
On Monday, March 13, President Joe Biden’s administration announced it would be signing onto an oil drilling program in Alaska known as the Willow Project. Completed by Texas-based oil company ConocoPhillips, the...
Columns
The MCU should have ended in 2019
The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is a juggernaut in the film industry. Starting in 2008 with the original “Iron Man,” Marvel has maintained a vicelike grip on pop culture and the movie...
Columns
Teachers should facilitate active learning
“Well I got through it, so they should too.” “They’re just not smart enough.” “They just need to try harder.” Introducing … the generational type of thinking that hinders progress for the...
Staff Editorials
The opioid crisis is growing — so should our efforts to solve it
Recently, New York state mandated that naloxone, or Narcan, be made available in all university residence halls. At Binghamton University, naloxone kits are now available in AED life-safety equipment stations campus-wide. Additionally,...
Columns
Figuring out how to properly use different types of responses is crucial to conversation
Conversation and communication are the foundation of any kind of relationship — platonic or romantic. Sometimes we think conversations are going well when they aren’t, making it difficult to assess and change...
Columns
Microaggressions against Black Francophones indicative of linguistic and ethnic bias
While growing up in the United States, I realized that many Americans had, at best, a surface-level understanding of many ethnic groups, such as those of the Creole diaspora. Many people attempt...