Staff Editorials
2018-19 Student Association candidate endorsements
Click here or here to read the candidates’ platforms President — Jerry Toussaint Early next week, Binghamton University’s undergraduate students will pick one of three candidates to lead an organization that they pay into...
Staff Editorials
Editorial: Don't ignore domestic violence
In the wake of senior Binghamton University nursing student Haley Anderson’s death last Friday, it is important to recognize and understand the signs of domestic violence and how to report an incident....
Columns
If it's not intersectional, it's not feminism
It’s 2018 and the landscape for feminism has changed entirely from what it used to be. Women are no longer standing down in the face of sexism and now more than ever,...
Columns
Why aren't people with disabilities represented in media?
People are becoming increasingly aware of the lack of representation in media of historically underrepresented groups — women, people of color and the LGBTQ community. Many activists have stepped up to demand...
Columns
University expansion leaves UCC behind
I’ve been coping with anxiety for so long, my anxieties have anxiety. Now that it’s the middle of the semester, let me share a small, accessible selection of issues I’m anxious about:...
Advice Column
Dear Jessica 3/12: reclusive roommate; dorm room dinner
Dear Jessica, My roommate is great — he’s nice, clean and respectful. The only problem I have with him is that he seems to never leave the room! He has a much...
Columns
Bridging the gap between on and off campus
Binghamton University is a school where students complain about a lack of spirit and engagement. It is as if a common bond forms between students over complaining about BU, rather than sharing...
Columns
The importance of utilizing mental health services
To those reading this who are struggling to get by each day, who can’t seem to make it to class or get their work done on time, who may have difficulty forming...
Columns
Rejecting the new normal
Since Columbine, over 150,000 students have experienced a school shooting. For us, the idea of hiding for your life with gunshots around you does not conjure up the image of a war...
Columns
What happens if we don't talk about guns?
President Donald Trump responded to the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida by addressing the need “to help secure our schools, and tackle the difficult issue of mental...