Opinions
It’s OK to feel lost among the crowd
A strange feeling overwhelms me every time I walk into a crowd, like when I’m walking down the alley running across campus by the library, or when I stand in the middle...
Opinions
From aiming high to falling low
If you’re anything like me, coming back to campus for the fall semester feels like a blank slate, a chance to turn the page and start a new chapter. I revert to...
Opinions
Reality TV is out of touch with reality
This summer, I, like many others, found myself tuning in almost every night to the new season of “Love Island USA.” I was absolutely hooked on the drama, the friendship fallouts, the...
Opinions
Britain is on the eve of political revolution, and its effects will be felt worldwide
Two years ago, I wrote that stagnation was the root cause of political issues in the United Kingdom. This commentary centered on the balance of powers between Westminster and the regional governments...
Opinions
The Rusyn movement must not remain stagnant
This summer, I spent the month of June in Slovakia, where I studied the history and culture of the Rusyn people, an ethnically Slavic minority spread across Central Europe. In Slovakia, I...
Opinions
We still need the American Dream
In 2025, many Americans feel cynical toward the American Dream. For decades, the belief that anyone could succeed in our country regardless of the circumstances of their birth was central to our...
Opinions
Forgive your past self
Of all the columns I have written, this is perhaps the most difficult one. I wanted this to be my first column of the semester because, as I enter a fresh stage...
Guest Columns
Guest Column: How genocide is legitimized by the U.S. and Israel
The past two and a half years in Gaza have seen a military campaign that investigators say “sits comfortably in the top quartile of the most devastating bombing campaigns ever.” Experts and...
Senior Columns
Senior Column: Don't be a stranger
A few nights after arriving in Binghamton for the first time, I remember sitting at the Mountainview Amphitheater, watching a girl I just met perform “Scott Street” on her acoustic guitar. As...
Senior Columns
Senior Column: On letting go of closure
In Binghamton, there is a carcass of a Spine and literature for teeth. Most days spent crouched on linen bedsheets and writing, in poet Diane Suess’ words, what’s “abominable, unquenchable by touch,”...