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If we're confined to this reality, it can't hurt to dream big

The natural world’s an astounding thing. I don’t mean your backyard, the Nature Preserve or the menagerie of beasts that roam State Street during all odd hours of the week. I mean...


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Newt’s nuptials should be an extra-marital affair

There was much entertainment on television during this excessively long break. After all of my friends left me to go back to school, I was stuck in the same crevice of my...


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Irish history wants us to wake up

DUBLIN — This semester, I am studying abroad in Dublin, Ireland at Trinity College in the city center. Since I arrived I’ve had the opportunity to learn a bit about Irish history,...


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Syllabus week sexcapade tips

It’s the first week of classes, we’re all getting back to Binghamton and we’re all looking to have a good time. Let’s be honest, a lot of students here aren’t devoted to...


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You can’t win ‘em all

Our men’s basketball team finds itself in a unique position 21 games into its 2011-12 season. The Binghamton Bearcats are in last place. Since the fall of the House of Broadus, the...


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The GOP is a Four Ring Circus and we’re sitting in the big top

Ever since I started writing for the opinion section, I have steadfastly avoided writing a political piece for a multitude of reasons. The opinion section tends to be the Gauntlet of political...


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Politics lacks moderation in moderation

It is my theory that everything in this world is best practiced in moderation. However, this is obviously a contradiction because it insists that moderation itself should not be practiced in moderation,...


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Developing nations beware: This is not a post-colonial world

Imagine a country where the people and the government view themselves in such high regard that they felt morally obligated to impose their culture on other nations. Imagine that this country produced...


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Reaching the halfway mark

I offer a hearty congratulations to you, dear readers, for it is the end of the semester. Well, almost the end of the semester, shall we say? How’s about we take a...


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The day OC3 screwed us all

I woke up to 47 new emails. I’m not that popular, am I? I quickly gathered myself, put on my best pair of slippers, brushed all 28 of my teeth, tousled my...