Guest Columns
Finding justice for Jason Greene
I personally did not know Jason Greene, in fact, I don’t even think I ever spoke one word to him, but that shouldn’t matter. In November of 2015, Greene, a fellow student,...
Staff Editorials
Editorial: Stand up, Stenger
On March 7, Binghamton University X-Fact’r Step Team was verbally harassed with a string of racialized comments and threats. The incident occurred on Walnut Street on Binghamton’s West Side. Since then, the...
Advice Column
Dear Kristen 3/27: intimate initiator, unfair firing
Dear Kristen, My boyfriend is never in the mood to have sex. Although I don’t have an abnormally high sex drive, I’m always the one to initiate things and try to get...
Staff Editorials
Editorial: taking the W
Last Friday, March 24, was the last day students were eligible to withdraw from classes. Did it come too soon for you? We think so. It’s never an easy decision to withdraw...
Columns
The (wasted) potential of food labels
Many college students have faced the dilemma of determining whether their groceries have spoiled. Ambiguous directives on food such as “best by,” “use by,” “sell by” and “best before” can make cooking...
Columns
The real effects of our plastic idols
If you’ve been fortunate enough to watch the movie “White Chicks,” I hope you deem my take on what I call “the dressing room scene” to be fitting. A quick Youtube search...
Columns
Navigating your emotional affair
Cheating on a significant other does not always have to yield a steamy kiss or a sexual encounter with another person. It may not even require touching them. In its most sinister...
Columns
Examining the Binghamton University wage gap
We’ve all heard about the wage gap: the fact that men make a higher salary than women based off of their aggregate pay for the year. The current gender pay gap is...
Columns
Mandatory participation harms education
In a lot of ways, college is no different than high school, save the caliber of work and the fact that students are more covert when they show up to class under...
Columns
Celebrity opinions unhelpful and out of touch
Everyone has an opinion nowadays. More apparent than any are the opinions of celebrities, who have been quite outspoken about politics recently. Hollywood has always been unapologetically on the left, but it...