Opinions
An ode to a long-dead princess
If you’ve spent time on social media in the past decade, you may have seen memes of a Persian princess resurfacing in waves of popularity every few years. While the captions vary,...
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What Atwood's dystopias can teach us about the future of human interference
When you think of the future, what do you imagine? Do you think of flying cars and people on Mars? Are there still polar bears and jungles? We like to believe that...
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Religions must rediscover their public role
When talking about the future of nations, people generally focus on large trends and big events that frequently make headlines. Of course, it is important to grasp how trade, economics and diplomacy...
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Self-expression in public image, and where it fails
Regardless of celebrities’ actions, public perception of them functions as an investigatory pastime in which we continuously scrutinize their every breath in search of authenticity, high moral standings and interesting press. Looking...
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Beware of those who 'fight the Matrix'
The other day, I was pretty baffled by a statement Elon Musk made at the Conservative Political Action Conference. Referring to his actions with the new Department of Government Efficiency, he compared...
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The Kardashev scale must be reimagined
The study of history frequently finds itself intertwined with other subjects. It is encouraged, if not necessary, to look at human development not only from the perspective of culture or politics but...
Guest Columns
Guest Column: A love letter to strangers
This piece is meant for my community at Binghamton — you are endless wells of possibility. I write in hope that you never let the world tear you from the desire to...
Opinions
Normalization of growing Nazi sympathy is inexcusable
In Binghamton, just across the river from our campus, is St. Michael’s Church, built in 1904 by Slavic immigrants who fled ethnic persecution in Eastern Europe to find a safer, more prosperous...
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On reciprocating the generosity of our land
As part of a requirement for my Sociology of Food Sovereignty class this semester, I recently read “The Serviceberry” by Potawatomi botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer. The book covered many important topics but...
Opinions
Playing video games and rejecting the end of the world
Over winter break, I spent a significant portion of my time in the same way I imagine many of my fellow students did: doomscrolling. In the wake of the presidential election, my...
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'Kill all men' by way of decentralization
The all-too-familiar phrase and hashtag “kill all men” has been recovered in discourse since 2020, being commonly used in radical feminist spaces as a “controversial” expression of frustration against the patriarchal systems...
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Visualizing stories in games requires depth and variety
Sometimes games are about the action: the entertainment that comes from shooting, blasting, racing, flying or generally doing some kind of physical movement. However, on the other end of the spectrum, games’...