Senior Columns

Senior Column: Everybody wants to be wanted

By Joe Tonetti -

For most of my life, I’ve felt completely alone in the world. I was never truly lonely in the tangible sense, and neither are most people. Every day, I’m surrounded by living,...

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Senior Column: Longing for a legacy

By Kaitlyn Liu -

I don’t think I could have confidently predicted how any aspect of my college career turned out today when I first moved into that Mountainview College suite four years ago. For one...

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Senior Column: You’re not an imposter

By Lakhsmi Chatterjee -

I don’t think I “found myself” in college. And that’s OK. For most of my time at Binghamton University, I’ve struggled with multiple parts of my identity. I came in planning to...

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Senior Column: Just showing up

By Kaitlyn Hart -

I never could have predicted how my college experience would turn out. When I came to Binghamton University, I planned on majoring in political science with a vague idea of where that...

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Senior Column: It gets better

By Sarah Teper -

My friend Rebecca once told me, “You are not peaking in college, and that’s OK.” I wouldn’t say college was the best four years of my life. There were good times —...

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Senior Column: Editing my approach to life

By Ciara Lavin -

Ever since I was young, I’ve always had this tendency to conflate the trajectory of my life to that of a book or a movie. In my mind, everything would always have...

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Senior Column: There are endless future paths

By Sana Malik -

Even though graduation is just a few weeks away, it feels impossible to wrap my head around the fact that my college years are coming to a close. As I grew up,...

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Senior Column: Create a senior year bucket list

By Kadijah Kaba -

This past summer, I remember feeling both apprehensive and excited for my senior year. On one hand, I was excited and happy to graduate and hit a milestone in my life. On...

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Senior Column: Three rules for life

By Eleanor Gully -

It’s hard for me to believe that I’ve been writing for Pipe Dream since spring 2019. And it’s even harder for me to believe my entire undergraduate experience is coming to an...

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Senior Column: Embrace impermanence

By Jaclyn Ciaramella -

Yoga instructors will often bring up the concept of impermanence — how each moment, whether filled with pain or filled with joy, always comes to an end. For four years, I went...