By Christopher Medrano When the Obamacare website launched on October 1st, it was far from being well received. It should seem that the faulty launch only served to prove the Republican view that the government cannot be trusted to be in charge of healthcare in the United States. The representatives of this institutionalized system have been answering to the public through hearings before the House Ways and Means Committee. It should appear that those constructing…
My First Hot Yoga Experience
By Sam Bondy I drink, so this semester, I decided that as a panacea for my ailing-liver, I would endeavor to try hot, holistic, hipsteric yoga. Catharsis. Or so I thought. As I entered “Yoga Body Shop” (the old place for all you noobies), near Wegmans, I felt terrified, like going to the doctor for a shot kind of terrified. I was with my good friend, Jake, a three-year yogic veteran, as if I wouldn’t look…
Blackface Controversy: A Letter to the Editor, and Our Response
Okay, it was actually a comment on this article, but nobody actually emails us letters to the editor, so I’ll just treat it as such. If anyone wants to send us an actual letter, feel free to email editor@binghamtonreview.com Victoria Brown November 16, 2013 at 10:44 am If anyone actually took the Binghamton Review seriously, it might be worth a few flips through previous articles that the BR has published in the past. One would…
The Pipe Dream “Sit-in”: Why This Wasn’t Martin Luther King’s protest
By Kathleen Koessler I understand that this article may hurt some, unfortunately. I also understand that it is impossible for me to have the perspective of someone who is African-American when reading an article comparing wearing blackface as part of a Halloween costume to wearing orange makeup as part of an Oompa Loompa costume. I do know, however, that racism is still a huge problem in America. All you have to do is go…
War of the Pizza: My Frivolous Struggle to Get Reimbursed for Nirchi’s
By Jack Russo This was the fifth time I stared into the hopeless piece of paper: “Has not taken treasurers exam,” it read. The open wrath I had unleashed on the S.A. office on previous occasions didn’t seem worth the hot air anymore. My crusade was over. For the prior month and a half I had played a game of legal ping-pong with the S.A treasurers office. I had bought pizza for my group’s GIM…
Pipe Dream’s apology misses the mark
By Daniel Milyavsky, Editor-In-Chief Updated: Novmeber 13, 2013 12:25 pm Updated: December 1, 2013 12:25 pm Editors Note: This our first web exclusive article. I hope you enjoy it and find it enlightening! We encourage you to leave an online comment! In their November 8th issue, Pipe Dream published an opinion article by Julianne Cuba entitled “Dressing as another race isn’t always offensive”. The article defended Julianne Hough, who recently dressed up for Halloween as…
Editorial
Greetings, my Dear Readers. Happy Halloween! I hope that this issue of the Review finds you in good spirits. If your spirits are lousy, then for a few fleeting moments you can forget about your miserable and pathetic life, and laugh at our jokes and wonder in awe at our tremendous insight. I was at a party the other night and within five minutes, two people approached me to compliment me on the Review’s first…
What Happened to the Napkin Dispensers?
Samson Audino Those students who are returning to Binghamton and using the dining halls have definitely noticed that the napkin dispensers which were once on every table are now nowhere to be found. I have no clue what compelled Sodexo to remove them. The idea probably came from some self-important student environmental group who thinks they’re saving the world by moving some napkin dispensers, while proposing this plan from their MacBook Pro’s in their…
No Tear Drops, No Problem
By Ross Marchand, Guest Contributor from the University of Maryland Most mornings are swell. I’ll wake up, slip into my fuzzy loafers, and try to muster the initiative to cook myself some eggs. On an exceptionally rare sunrise, things won’t be nearly as peachy. I’ll hear about the death of a loved one, or maybe a friend. Now, most would be concerned with keeping themselves together emotionally. They might think of spent time with…
Ted Cruz Screwed Up
By Anonymous I like Ted Cruz. Seriously. Any Libertarian presence within the Republican Party is cool with me. However, Ted Cruz really struck out on this whole Obamacare issue. Obamacare can be described as nothing less than an absolute “mess” (to keep it politically correct for now), and this really should come as no surprise to anybody with even a smidgen of common sense. That’s why Ted Cruz should’ve kept silent on the issue. Well,…
The Decline of the Campus Left at Binghamton
By Daniel Milyavsky If you looked at campus today, you’d be hard pressed to find many examples of leftist agitation and bullying. However, it used to be much worse. In the 90’s, leftist student activists here at Binghamton were relentless in their activism in favor of a “diversity requirement,” and they finally got one. But the requirement that passed ended up merely requiring students to take a class on a non-American culture, so a class on…
Student Opinions on Campus Smoking Ban
This would usually go in Press Watch, but the three online commenters for this Pipe Dream article did such a fantastic job dissecting this article, which calls for Stasi-like enforcement of the 20 feet from a building smoking rule, that I’ll just reprint what they wrote. Good job, commenters! If you want to write for the Review, shoot me an email at editor@binghamtonreview.com! The Article: Smoking rules should be more strictly enforced By Rebecca…
Yes We Can… No You Can’t! Four Lies Exposed About the Affordable Care Act
By Jake Hayutin President Obama continues to point fingers at his subordinates, plead ignorance and stand behind policies that have clearly failed. Lois Lerner was nudged to resign after the IRS scandal was uncovered this summer. Eric Holder was blamed for the Fast and Furious scandal, which involved over 2,000 American firearms being placed in the hands of Mexican drug cartels between 2006 and 2011. And that obscure filmmaker who…
Capitalism Needs to Be Added to the Menu at Sodexo
By Josh May, Associate Editor It’s well-known that competition in a free market makes the world go round (or at least it’s well-known if you read the Review). When a particular market enjoys a healthy level of capitalism, prices are kept low, while wages and quality are kept high. But this truth that most of us seem to hold to be self-evident, is lost on the University Dining Service. Sodexo has a long record…
The FDA, A Drug Company, and One Patient’s Life
By Christopher Medrano Andrea Sloan, a 45 year old Texas Lawyer, works with a nonprofit group where she provides legal assistance for those who cannot otherwise afford it. For seven years, she’s been battling stage three ovarian cancer, which has taken a severe toll on her life. Now, in her time of need, Sloan is being denied the human compassion she has always given to others. While she has successfully gone through rigorous chemotherapies before,…