By Arthur O’Sullivan “Those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.” -C.S. Lewis, God in the Dock The morbid power of evil is its ability to disguise itself as good, and seduce the well-meaning. Whether in personal failing or collective moral sickness, few consider their works to be malevolent in themselves. And often evil, in one’s own heart as…
Marijuana Inflation at Binghamton University
By Siddharth Gundapenini In the United States, inflation accounting serves an ever more important role. The Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and numerous private firms all calculate different measures of inflation, all with the same general purpose of allowing macroeconomic researchers to understand how much prices are rising, what specific goods/services are gaining popularity, and where these changes are taking place. Unfortunately, this analysis remains confined to goods and services sold legally.…
So Long, Binghamton
By Matt Gagliano What’s up gamers. Normally I would punctuate that sentence with an exclamation point, however this time, that “what’s up gamers” is somewhat somber. You see, I am graduating in a few weeks, and this will be my last article as a member of Binghamton Review and as a student of Binghamton University. As the editor-in-chief, I feel like I should follow in the footsteps of the previous editors and write a reflection…
The UCC and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad, therapeutic practice
By Joanne Nguyen This is not a funny article. Pack up your clown nose and comically large shoes, because if you’re looking for tom-foolery, you won’t find it here. What I’m about to disclose to you is no laughing matter, but once you are intimately familiar with the inner workings of Binghamton University’s “mental health services,” everything can get morbidly funny very quickly. As I’m sure you know, at the beginning of each semester your…
The Economics of… Sex?
By Siddharth Gundapaneni Public perception of varying sexual behaviors has rapidly changed during the last century. Premarital sex no longer faces the societal stigmas it once did, pornography is more acceptable than ever, and support for prostitution is also reaching highs. Why are these changes occurring? Has society gone sex-crazed? Have people begun to just care less about what others do in the bedroom? While some of these propositions may be true, they are hardly…
The Left has an Education Problem
By Anonymous At this point, it has become common knowledge that education systems are essentially a new form of indoctrination. Ranging from colleges to elementary schools, America’s children are being fed bullshit by schools from when they can walk. And I’m here to say, that’s wrong. Not morally, but rather there is a more effective way of achieving this same goal. While children are more susceptible to trusting much of what an authority figure (like…
Higher Education or Indoctrination?
By Jack Kralik This year, Binghamton distributed the book Conditional Citizens by Laila Lalami to the incoming freshman class. This is not a book review, but an objective examination of Binghamton choosing to deliver this book to students with its clear political bias. What does this say about the objective nature of the University? And further, what does this say about the nature of our time and education here at Binghamton? It is necessary to…
What it Means to be a Binghamton Scholar: According to Harvey Stenger
By Anonymous I was accepted into the Scholars Program in February, after about a month of thinking I didn’t make it into the program. When I got that letter from President Stenger, saying I was the one they wanted, I finally felt that all my hard work had paid off. I was ecstatic to join the program, which affirmed my decision to come to this University. I arrived on campus, knowing no one, but already…
Why I’m Right and Your’e Wrong
By Xanax Anaximander There is no typo on the title above. My executive decision to “incorrectly,” although, inconsequentially, that is, incontrovertibly unconventionally render the word, in this time and place commonly spelled as “you’re” as “your’e,” was the product of my attempt to fundamentally attack the hegemonic assomptions of the overwhelming of the western cis-heteropatriarchy, as well as astablish myslef, that is, I use these terms for the same reason as I will explore in…
SA Presidential Interview: Logan P Blakeslee
So why don’t you introduce yourself and explain why you should be SA President, briefly? As you already know, my name is Logan Blakeslee, and I’ve been involved in the SA for about two-and-a-half years now. Before that, I attended SUNY Broome as a freshman, where I was elected as a Student Senator and later Vice President of Student Affairs. These days I represent OC3 in the SA Congress. I feel as though I would…