Guest Columns
The case against universities
Why are you in college? According to a Gallup poll, most students report that their primary reason for attending college is to earn better job prospects. But what makes college degrees lucrative?...
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BU graduate workers need a living wage
Binghamton University runs on the labor of its graduate workers. They deserve to be paid enough to live comfortably — they are asking to be paid enough to live. The University has,...
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Practical ways to maintain sobriety during the holidays
The holiday season can be stressful and lonely while also being filled with joy and happiness — everyone manages these emotions differently. Most individuals are overindulging in food and drink, and there...
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BU graduate teaching assistants must be protected
In an academic environment where hate speech and ideals of white supremacy are becoming commonplace, Binghamton University is failing in its duty to protect not just its most vulnerable students from irrevocable...
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Balancing life in Brooklyn after Binghamton
When Opinions Editor Kaitlyn Liu sent me a text asking if I could write a guest column for the alumni issue, I was both honored and weirded out. It hasn’t even been...
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Twitch has become an unlikely platform for political discourse
Are Twitch livestreamers legitimate political commentators? Although the platform began as a setting to watch gamers play, Twitch has increasingly varied its content. Cooking, day-to-day activities, webcam models and political commentaries are...
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Alumni column: Don’t spurn the joy of now for future career worries
“What do you want to be when you’re older?” That’s always the question asked when we’re kids on the playground, then teenagers in high school halls and finally young adults in lectures...
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Jewish populations are more diverse than many believe
The Farhud was a violent pogrom and massacre waged against the Jews of Iraq in 1941, in which about 180 Jews were murdered and many more injured. Raging during the Jewish holiday...
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In response to Eleanor Gully's Nov. 16 column
On Nov. 16, Pipe Dream published a column proposing the abolition of the U.S. Senate. Its author predicated this radical suggestion on the basis that the Senate, with its two senators per...
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Republicans must expand their support by investing in diverse candidates
Looking at the results of the presidential election on their own, it appears as though the Republican Party did not do well this cycle. President Donald Trump lost his bid for reelection,...