By Joe Badalamenti Throughout the past 3 semesters, I have written extensively about the shortcomings of the both public and private responses to COVID-19. It is now December, and many states have undergone a transition back to normalcy. Some states such as Texas and Florida reverted to a pre-COVID environment for months. Despite these efforts, news about a dreaded new variant may convince officials to return to complete lockdowns. While I have provided effective arguments…
We Adopted a Puppy
Evelyn Medina As finals are coming up on us, and this year comes to a close, what we desperately need is some time to relax and unwind from yet another semester of hard work. I personally cannot wait for the break, as I get to watch my little brother go to high school while I stay home eating leftovers from our Christmas feast. However, what I am most looking forward to is spending the extra…
The Best Music of 2021
By Dillon O’Toole Well, it’s the end of the fall semester and as a result, also the end of the year 2021. Well, technically the year ends in just under a month but I’m going to ignore that for the sake of this article. Today, I’m returning to the topic of music, and I’m going to comment on what the best music of the year has been. Now, this is one hundred present biased, as…
Most Controversial Binghamton Review Review!
By Madeline Perez 2019. The start of my freshman year at Binghamton University. Rosy-cheeked and baby-faced, I would still be 17 long after it was cool. Eager to be out of the stressful environment of my youth, I had a short period of ignorant bliss, unaware of the imminent rude awakening the winter would bring. But I’m not here to talk about how my greatest adversary, mental illness, was there waiting for me in the…
Clearing Reagan’s Economic Policy Record
By Siddharth Gundapaneni We know that Presidents have only so much control over an economy and that they aren’t always responsible for what goes on in a given year, but oftentimes a President is the driving force behind the economic success of a nation. Our fortieth president, Ronald Reagan was exactly that. Touting astounding growth paired through limited government principles, Reagan’s economic record was one for the books. With each party having an incentive to…
A Brilliant Remake, A Shining Nostalgia Trip: Review
By Patrick McAuliffe As a young and stupid child, I was infatuated with Pokemon and played whatever iteration of the series that I could get my hands on. My first game was Ruby for the Game Boy Advance, with Crusher the Swampert and Sparky the Raichu reaching Level 100 far before the rest of my team and sweeping anyone in my way. I wasn’t very sentient at that point, but my most vivid early Pokemon…
Anonymous Poem We Found on the Floor
By The Joker? I’m a lot like the Joker. To me, it seems I’m tied up in strings of cringe American dreams I don’t like college, I don’t want a career I’m losing at Mario Kart and I hate it here I get so worried I pull out my hair I attract your girlfriend with my sigma stare The impermanence of everything weighs me down It slips through my fingers I grasp at the ground…
Kyle Rittenhouse and Julius Jones: Up is Down in Media Town
By Arthur O’Sullivan This article concerns two ongoing criminal justice cases: the potential clemency grant to Julius Jones, and the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse. I write this piece on November 11, and in the time between now and publication on the 17th, there will almost certainly be rulings and decisions that will make statements in this article outdated. I do not believe that there will be revelations significant enough to upend the cases’ trajectory, however,…
A New Low: The Lincoln Project’s Vile Stunt
By Julius Apostata In today’s political atmosphere, it would be fair to describe the current leading parties as… less than preferable. It is clear that the Democratic and Republican parties have become increasingly radicalized. While I’m sure that many of you are aware of this moral degradation happening on the left side of the political spectrum, it would be remiss of me to not mention the corrosive elements of the modern GOP. With Trump’s entry…
Out With the Old, In With the New
By Dillon O’Toole No matter how successful you may be, no one can be at the top of their game forever. In any sport, there comes a time when the veterans become second tier to the up and comers. This transitional period has been in the making over the last several years in both NASCAR and Indycar. An influx of new talent has entered both series in recent years, and this talent has been developing…
Disliked Dislikes
By Joe Badalamenti Recently YouTube announced that it will be removing dislike visibility from all videos. While technically keeping dislikes on the platform, a new update will remove the dislike counter from all videos, rendering it useless. No one will be able to see the number of dislikes per video, as well as the like to dislike ratio, two critical means of quantifying the quality and popularity of videos. This move represents a continual gutting…
Elmo Says: Get the Jab
By Joe Badalamenti Imagine, if you will, that you are babysitting a young, impressionable family member and they are watching a cartoon, let’s say SpongeBob. How would you feel if, during the episode, the characters decided to kneel as a sign of respect for the “brave soldiers fighting in Afghanistan?” What if they spoke to the audience about the “need for universal healthcare” or the “dangers of socialism?” Chances are high that you will have…
Cardinal Sins and the Chocolate Factory
By Madeline Perez Good morning starshine, I’m going to go out on a limb here and guess you’ve seen the cult classic “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” or even, for you old people, “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.” If not, stop reading this right now. I’m not going to be the one to expose you to the horrors of the chocolate factory before you’re ready, but if one day you happen to see either…
Does Christmas Come Too Early?
By Evelyn Medina I went home the weekend of November 6, only to be greeted by my mother playing Christmas music on a local radio station, Mix 103.3. It is the Binghamton area’s holiday station, and has been since I was born. It turns out that the weekend celebration of the holidays has begun early this year. Don’t get me wrong, I love Christmas; the nostalgia, the music, the feelings of good tidings, but I…
Women in Horror: Weak, Incompetent, and Insane
By Madeline Perez This Halloween season, I want to talk to you about something frightening. Something horrifying. Something that makes you thrash, screaming “the horror, the horror,” put your face in your hands, and weep. As some of you may have already guessed, I’m talking about women. Honestly, I can’t escape them, as they seem to be drawn to me with the same magnetism that attracts my refrigerator letter magnets to my fridge. Females occupy…