By Spencer Haynes An Overview of the Incident In the early morning of March 23rd in Rochester, NY, Daniel Prude overdosed on PCP, a street drug with strong hallucinogenic effects. As a result, he began to act erratically, running into the street and removing his clothes. His brother Joe then called 911 out of concern for Prude’s safety. This was understandable, as Prude had recently been hospitalized for mental health issues. Police and EMTs responded…
Joe Biden Will Probably Win
By Will Anderson In hindsight, 2016 was a time when Americans would fabricate problems for themselves. Do you remember when there was some big controversy over private businesses telling their employees to say “Happy Holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas?” Somehow this snowballed into “PC culture running amok” and an electoral plurality of the Republican voter base declared Donald Trump to be the answer. After the primary we were given pragmatic reasons to vote for Trump…
The Zoom Rant
By Joe Badalamenti As a result of a disease outbreak, many schools and universities have decided to cancel in-person classes. This has consequently spread to Binghamton, although it seemed like we didn’t have a choice considering decrees by the NY state government. Because this occurred in the middle of the semester, schools needed to find something to replace classes in order to teach. For synchronous classes, Binghamton, as well as many other schools, decided to…
A Night in Ben Shapiro’s Bedroom
By Sadtrick McAwful She gets home late, at about 9pm. The hot California weather had bore down on her during the commute home; although her doctor’s office had central A/C, her car had warmed in the parking lot like a convection oven. Sighing, she drops her keys in the bowl they keep next to the door. It’s simple, made of ceramic and purchased from a vendor they found in Israel during their wedding. G_d, was…
Snitches Get… Upvotes?
By Tommy Gagliano I know it’s been said a million times already, but the world we’re living in right now is totally bizarre. Riots have become frequent to the point that they’re barely shocking anymore, we’re approaching a presidential election between an angry game show host and a guy that cannot form a coherent sentence, and, of course, there’s that pesky COVID-19 pandemic. What’s up with that virus anyway? Is it over? Is it still…
Let’s Say, Hypothetically, Looting and Rioting are Justified…
By Harold Rook To say the last several months have generated social unrest would be an understatement. Following the death of George Floyd, protests erupted nationwide to highlight issues of police brutality and the targeting of black Americans by the criminal justice system. For a short period of time, it almost seemed as though the country was unified in the need for some measure of reform; everyone from Bernie Sanders to Rush Limbaugh decried the…
Will BU Shut Down?
By Our Staff Universities across the country have begun their Fall semesters, with mixed results. There have already been full shutdowns, partial shutdowns, and threats of shutdowns if rules are not adhered to more strictly. What does this mean for Binghamton University? Will our school face a similar fate? Here are some predictions regarding how long the semester will last from five of our staff members. Will Anderson – Three weeks. If you fully believe…
Ten Ways to Cope with Depression When You’re Losing Your Ability to Function
By Madeline Perez Hello, Bing Review readers! As I’m sure you’ve heard, recent times have been tough—and I totally agree! I myself for the last couple of years have been becoming intimately familiar with the exact pain-tolerance of my own psyche. The hopelessness has since overflowed and my brain supersaturated with it until I had no choice but to scream out “the horror, the horror,” and so on and so forth. I’ll spare the details.…
Antisocial Media
By Joe Badalamenti As the most innovative breakthrough in 21st century communication, social media has revolutionized the world of communication. Users have the power to share any thought, picture or video that comes to mind and display it for the world to see. Moreover, users can come together and form online communities, whether for something serious such as an awareness campaign or a lighthearted group chat. Despite these positives, frequent usage of these sites has…
Meowmeowbeenz, Nosedive, and Social Credit
By Patrick McAuliffe By now, the Chinese government’s persecution and mass surveillance of its minority Uighur (Muslim) population should be old news to you. BBC estimates as late as August 4th of this year that, over the past few years, over one million Uighurs and other Muslim groups in China have been subject to relocation and forced internment in re-education camps, primarily in the western region of Xinjiang. China’s official stance is that these enrollments…
An Epic Bite Out of an Apple Pie
By Harold Rooke Hey there, welcome back to Binghamton (or if you’re a new student, welcome to your new prison)! Since leaving for home early due to COVID-19, I’ve been a bit busy doing what I do best: gaming. Specifically, playing Fortnite. Yeah, I know, I can already hear you saying “Pffft, Fortnite is for ten-year olds!” What outrageous slander! Fortnite is for ten-year olds and me, thank you very much! Despite the criticism of…
YAF and College Republicans Sue Binghamton University
By Binghamton Review Staff On July 21st 2020, Young America’s Foundation (YAF)—joined by Binghamton University College Republicans and College Republicans President Jon Lizak—filed a federal lawsuit against Binghamton University. According to YAF, the civil rights action is taking place due to what they believe to be a failure by the University to ensure the protection of the First and Fourteenth Amendment, as well as seemingly targeting conservative student groups. In addition to being directed towards…
Campus Presswatch: Pipe Dream Lies in Review (2019-2020)
By Our Staff Typically, we here at Binghamton Review have had a friendly relationship with Pipe Dream. Sure, we may take a gander at some of their opinion articles and have a good chuckle or two, laughing at what we find to be logically ridiculous or baseless claims. However, at the end of the day, we usually believe that these claims are solely limited to Pipe Dream’s opinion column, and that the staff that work…
Social Distancing and the NAP
By Patrick McAuliffe In ThEsE uNcErTaIn TiMeS, questions about public obligations and private rights are brought to the forefront of people’s lives. The true application of abstract ideals such as one’s civic duty or the non-aggression principle is no longer something relegated to the ivory tower, but to the concrete sidewalks in front of government buildings and the wire fences around the entrances of Walmarts. For the sake of both the healthy and the vulnerable,…
NASCAR is Back: You Should Watch
By Dillon O’Toole We are nearing two months of quarantine and, more importantly, two months without sports to keep us entertained. There is a light at the end of the tunnel however, and it is approaching fast. UFC is returning on May 9th and NASCAR is returning on May 17th. I am here to try and convince you to give NASCAR a try now that they are returning. In fact, now is a perfect time…