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Coming out can be tough, but it doesn't have to be
You can’t spell sexuality without sex, and chances are you won’t have particularly amazing sex without knowing your sexuality. It’s Pride Week here at Binghamton University. Now, I can’t talk about all...
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People for the eradication of troublesome advertisements
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has announced its plans to launch a pornography website in December of this year. Although the site will contain mostly erotica, it will be...
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Protesting for proactivity
If last Wednesday’s protest taught me anything, it’s that too many students around campus are both uninformed and uninterested about the politics and policies that shape their college experience. With only a...
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Jobs' legacy goes deeper than shiny new toys
How do you measure the worth of a person? Taking a step back to recognize the value of a life is difficult. Unfortunately, it often takes death for us to consider such...
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Arab Spring-inspired protests are uninspired
On Saturday, Oct. 1, one of my best friends was arrested. When I asked him why, he responded, “Occupy Wall Street!” When I asked again, his response was a little less affirmative....
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Freshman year beyond the Ugg boots
If you can remember a time when Pasquale’s was called Big Daddy’s, when Club Liquid hosted free open bars and when Newing College still looked like Dickinson Community, you probably haven’t been...
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A new era
Binghamton University's new athletic director, Patrick Elliot, promises an era of athletic and academic integrity. Let's see if he can follow through. ...
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Which side of Wall Street am I on?
I am one of the 99 percent, yet I’m not. The 99 percent, as you’ve no doubt heard, is a rallying cry of the Occupy Wall Street protesters and their movement in...
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Occupiers need to focus up
It’s been hard to miss some exposure to the month-long Occupy Wall Street protests. Their camp-out in Manhattan’s Financial District has inspired similar movements across the country. As the protests amass powerful...
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Social change is a group effort, but we still need a leader
This week marks the death of a leader and perhaps the end of an era of our nation’s greatest revolutions over the past few decades. America’s technological revolution, beginning in the late...