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Will Generation Beta finally put the iPad down?

As Generation Alpha ends and Generation Beta begins, one must consider what the upcoming generation’s childhood will look like. The way Gen Alpha children have grown up is staggeringly different from generations...


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Phones are not the problem, passive learning is

To older generations and teachers, phones are the greatest evil — hypnotizing younger generations and turning them into mindless zombies. A notification is enough to snap teens into a trance, locking them...


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The international community is ignoring a genocide in Sudan

The 2020s have been a decade ripe with conflict — from Gaza to Ukraine, footage of destruction previously unthinkable in a 21st-century conflict has been circulated and viewed by millions. While this...


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Fictional heroes inspire our humanity

Whether or not you saw this summer’s “Superman,” you likely remember the social media response that followed it. For months, I couldn’t scroll through my TikTok feed without seeing stylized edits of...


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Offering advice to those who don't give it to us

With spring schedule registration just around the corner, it’s the perfect time to address Binghamton University’s subpar academic advising. I only have experience with Harpur Academic Advising, but considering around two-thirds of...


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Don't be afraid to care

There’s a strange kind of love that lives in secret — the almosts, the “talking stages,” the half-relationships that never get names. It’s love with the lights dimmed low, careful and quiet,...


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Gödel's warning to the United States is more relevant than ever

Constitutions are privileged creations, representing the highest principles of law that a nation upholds. They are the documents and the set of ideas and principles from which all other laws proceed. Both...


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Ukraine is holding strong in Pokrovsk — they should leave before it's too late

Pokrovsk was once a bustling city of 60,000 people in Donetsk Oblast, a region of eastern Ukraine. Now, it more resembles the infamous Chernobyl Exclusion Zone than the lively city it was...


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The good and bad of video game remakes

In 2003, Nintendo announced a remake of the 1998 gaming classic “Metal Gear Solid,” originally directed by legendary auteur Hideo Kojima. The announcement shocked audiences — the remake, called “Metal Gear Solid:...


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The 'Island Chain Strategy' is a hollow, outdated plan

The United States is often seen as the orchestrator of global foreign policy in large part because of its the use of international military outposts. Because of this, countries in strategically important...