By David Keptsi After the mess that was the first presidential debate, many people were driven to fact checking websites to try to make sense of the B.S. coming out of both candidates mouths. Unfortunately the same websites/publications that have a supposed duty to objectively fact check the debate seem to have been either purchased by foreign interests or are outright trying to push an agenda with the selectiveness of their fact checking. As…
License to Bill
by Thomas Casey The role of licenses is to protect the public. The state government will set up a educational requirement along with a fee that allows an individual to work in a certain position. There are plenty of occupations the public generally knows to be licensed. Doctors, accountants, teachers are the obvious ones. The government requires these individuals to meet educational standards because they hold positions that have a great deal of influence over…
A Daisy Blooms in a Field of Weeds
By Dylan Klein I recently graduated from the High School of American Studies at Lehman College, which happens to be one of the most consistent and aggressive liberal high schools in New York City; an encouraging fact for a budding Republican like myself. Not only is American Studies liberal, but the borough in which it is situated is one of the most liberal counties in the state, the Bronx. On top of that, New…
Additional Top-Bing-s Cost Extra
By Patrick McAuliffe and Adrienne Vertucci The fall semester is now in full swing, and most of the student body should be pretty comfortably settled (as comfortably settled as a young adult with lots of stress and nagging existential dread can be). With the pressure of schoolwork, clubs, and social lives, why not unwind with the universal comfort food? That’s right, we’ve toured some of Binghamton’s local pizzerias and sampled their pies, as well as…
How to Win the Drug War
By Pino Che The “war” on drugs in this country began in 1971 by President Richard “Did Nothing Wrong” Nixon. Ever since its inception, the war on drugs has been rather lackluster. The vision of a war is a bloody battle in which both sides are constantly trying to aim at one another, kill the enemy, and ultimately have a final victor. It’s now 2016, yet we still haven’t won the drug war which barely…
Goofy G(Uber)s
By Thomas Casey What if I told you there was an action the New York government could take that in a single, simple moment, would create thousands of jobs, save lives and make a ton a people happy. You’d think the government would do it, right? Well, they failed, miserably. Bill S04108D would have allowed ridesharing organizations to operate in upstate New York. The shorthand bill takes a very liberal definition of upstate (think of…
Binghamton U. Apologizes for Controversial “#StopWhitePeople2K16” RA Training Event Title
By Howard Hecht On August 24, Binghamton University’s Vice President for Student Affairs, Brian Rose, published a message on the University website regarding the now controversial, and optional, RA discussion “#StopWhitePeople2K16.” Today, after negative media attention for the event continued to gain traction, Rose provided a second message to the student body in an effort to “provide additional perspective.” “For those who were familiar with the hashtag used in the title, it was understood not…
Binghamton University’s Office of Student Affairs Supports “#StopWhitePeople2K16” RA Event, Despite its Controversial Title
By Howard Hecht On Friday, August 12, an optional conference for Binghamton University Residential Assistants entitled “#StopWhitePeople2K16” was held in an effort to “take the next step in understanding diversity, privilege, and the society we function within.” Naturally, that title garnered a significant amount of attention in a very short period of time, and before long, the University delivered an official response to concerns from those who believed the title was racist. Brian Rose, Binghamton…
“#StopWhitePeople2K16” is an Official Part of Residential Assistant Training
By Howard Hecht Racism seems to continually weigh upon both the faculty and students of Binghamton University. As a response to the apparent presence of bigotry and hatred on campus, university faculty and student groups, such as Students for Change, have worked to create a more diverse and inclusive environment on campus. The implication that comes across due to these perennial responses to perceived bigotry, however, is that Binghamton University is a very, very bad…
Medical Malpractice: The Not-So Silent Killer
By Dan Kersten If you are a human being who occasionally watches television, then you more than likely have seen ads for medical malpractice attorneys. They’re inescapable. They’re scary. They’re killing you. Okay, I am exaggerating, but malpractice has an incredibly important impact on your health and our nation’s healthcare industry. Medical malpractice payouts represented two percent of healthcare costs in 2009. That may sound like a drop in the bucket, nothing to worry about.…
Blank Spaces (on the Ballot)
By William Cass As college students, many of us will not be voting in the upcoming presidential election. This inaction is the direct result of laziness, or, more commonly, a feeling of apathy toward politics. That being said, I have to advise you to get out and vote. The right to vote is one of the things that differentiates a free country like the United States from a less than free country like North Korea.…
LISTEN UP, REPUBLICANS
By Joseph Gunderson Let me be clear. If the Republican Party heads toward a contested presidential convention in July, get used to saying Madam President Hillary Clinton until 2021, or God forbid, 2025. “Well, at least she’s better than someone like Donald Trump,” you might say. Think again. It’s been a common campaign message for all of the former and current 2016 candidates to tout the importance of this election. We’ve heard rhetoric ranging from…
The Government Bites into Apple
By Kayla Ryan Nothing gives people more sus vibes than when the federal government and its agencies step and intrude on people’s right to privacy. Back in February, while the FBI was investigating the San Bernardino shooting, it determined and publicly declared that there was no way for investigators to access information stored on the iPhone of one of the shooters, which was taken from the scene as evidence.The FBI requested that Apple design, in…
Deer Diplomacy
By Billy Schneider Many of you may remember that the Binghamton Review published an article last semester regarding the precarious situation facing the deer in our nature preserve. At the time many readers were completely un-aware of this problem, and the issue preceded a surge of student interest in helping to protect the preserve. Perhaps blinded by complex ecology, god complexes, good intentions, or classic peer pressure, numerous students agreed en masse that systematic killing…
Disarm the Police: A Plea for Common Sense Gun Reform
By Sean Glendon It seems that every day a new headline hits the news – a police officer has killed a civilian, who, more often than not, was a minority. As I scrolled through my Facebook feed I was inspired by everybody making very long-winded posts to do something, so I’m writing this article which will surely bring significant change and reform. My first proposed solution to this epidemic was that police should be required…