Guest Columns
Text messaging enables meaningful, creative communication
Unconventional forms of text messaging are often looked down upon, satirized and mocked by popular media. The medium is portrayed as encouraging incorrect grammar and spellings, and degrading the English language for...
Staff Editorials
Editorial: Thinking outside the box
Last week, the SUNY Board of Trustees voted to “Ban the Box,” meaning public colleges and universities in New York state will no longer require applicants to declare felony convictions prior to...
Columns
Foreign film provides unique perspective to modern viewers
In the past, if you wanted to watch a foreign film you would have to go to an art house cinema or peruse a relatively small section in the local video store....
Columns
University's tobacco-free policy is a step in the wrong direction
On Aug. 1, 2017, Binghamton University will officially become a tobacco-free campus. An initiative started by the SUNY system, BU will join 70 percent of other SUNY schools that have some level...
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Embrace photography as a storytelling medium
Photography can convey messages that words cannot. As a revolutionary universal tool, photography has the incredible opportunity to affect society in ways that are yet to be discovered. People are able to...
Columns
Sensitivity is positive trait, should not be stigmatized
Those who have heightened emotions and are highly sensitive people are often taught to view their mind as something to be afraid of. The stigmatized lenses around them are characterized by behaviors...
Columns
Hillary Clinton's foreign policy is a major scar on her campaign
As the presidential election draws near, election issues are taking center stage. It is my opinion that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should be the next president of the United States,...
Columns
To regain power, conservatives must rework dialogue
Conservatives have taken a huge blow this election. After eight years under President Obama, this election cycle was a real chance for Republicans to nominate someone who encapsulated notions of personal responsibility,...
Staff Editorials
Editorial: Where do you get off?
On Monday, Off Campus College Transport (OCCT) officially converted the DCL bus route into the DCR. The alteration came in response to complaints from city residents about unwanted traffic in residential neighborhoods...
Columns
United States must embrace national unity
Fifteen years ago, as lower Manhattan burned with fear, anger and smoldering wreckage, President George W. Bush stood atop the pile of rubble and told a wounded New York, “The nation sends...