Columns
A new Florida law wrongly imposes a dangerous poll tax on ex-felons
Imagine being barred from voting for the rest of your life. That is the reality for too many people in this country — millions who, right now, simply don’t have the right...
Columns
Rideshare companies do little to protect users from assault
When I was a kid, my mom would often propose that we walk somewhere rather than drive to get exercise and save gas. I absolutely hated this and made a promise that...
Columns
The student-professor relationship should be open but remain objective
In late September, a professor in the Watson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences delivered her Engineering Design Division 103: Engineering Communications I students an extra credit assignment: writing a formal letter...
Columns
Relying on your intuition over others' advice shapes who you are
Most of us, confronted with problems concerning personal, social, political, health-related or moral matters, tend to rely on a pretty convenient crutch: advice. We turn to those closest to us who know...
Staff Editorials
Editorial: Get in the Zone
Currently, the city of Binghamton is considering an overhaul of its zoning laws, an effort to address issues associated with the expanding student population living Downtown and on the West Side. Although...
Guest Columns
Harvard's landmark lawsuit highlights the complexity of minority status in America
Last Tuesday, five years after the lawsuit was first filed in 2014, a decision on the “Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College (Harvard Corporation)” case was...
Housing Issue
Reading your lease is the best way to protect yourself from a housing nightmare
It was late on a Tuesday night last year when the bright light of my TV helped me open my eyes to a housing horror. A very loud knocking had awoken me,...
Staff Editorials
Editorial: For many, home is where the landlord isn't
The leaves are falling, the air’s getting chilly and renting season is on the horizon. But for Binghamton’s 7,000 student renters, it’s important to know the underlying mechanisms that drive the area’s...
Columns
The Supreme Court should defend abortion rights now more than ever
This Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear and rule on a Louisiana law concerning abortion access in the state. While an eerily similar law was vetoed in Texas in 2016,...
Columns
The militarization of police will never solve community problems
Given the recent trend of militarizing police forces, Tina Moore and Sarah Ryley of the Daily News write that, “If the zombie apocalypse ever comes to New York, towns big and small...