If you’re looking for a feel good movie this break, just stop looking now. This season’s box office includes some serious downers—dying dogs, a man aging backwards, Nazis, need I say more? It’s as if every movie I’ve ventured to see this month exists with the sole purpose of doubling the society’s suicide
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“Chelsea Handler writes like Judy Blume, if Judy Blume were into vodka, Ecstacy, and sleeping with midgets…”
Being an avid Judy Blume fan, and not to mention pretty fond of vodka, this quotation instantly caught my attention. In fact, the title alone, Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me Chelsea, seemed so en
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Mando and the University Bookstore better watch out -- there is a new bookstore in town. Textbook U, which is powered by Amazon, is now available at Binghamton and looks like it has been updated for next semester. It sorts all of our textbooks by class at the discounted Amazon prices. According t
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I was in Kindergarten the first time someone tried to tell me that there was no Santa Clause. I remember sitting on the far corner of the alphabet carpet, minding my own business, when she approached. I don’t recall her name—she moved away shortly after—but I’ll always remember that scrunched up lit
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It’s week three of the holiday movie drinking game gala, and if you’ve been following along, you must be just thrilled for this next addition. If you don’t have access to this classic, you’re in luck. Every year, 8 p.m. Christmas Eve marks the 24 hour marathon of a Christmas Story on TNT. While I
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This post is directed at a certain Resident Director, in a certain building that I live in, with a serious superiority complex.
Allow me to paint this picture for you:
Not five minutes ago, I am walking back to my room from the dining hall—a cup of coffee in one hand, a plate of salad in the other, my book tote wei
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In late November, I read a post on Jezebel by Hortense, “Where’s Our Stand by Me?” And while this was a beautifully written piece—the fact that I am still pondering it weeks after I first read it, just goes to show how thoughtful it was—I can’t help but disagree with some of her points.
Essentially, Hort
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In honor of International Answer the Phone like Buddy the Elf day—an event that has been floating around the Facebook news feed for quite a few days now (save the date for December 18)—this week’s holiday drinking game is for Elf--if you're up to the challenge, that is. As promised, new rules, for a new holiday
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"We're opening more lanes than ever to make Christmas shopping easier!" This was the advertisement heard round the world when thousands of people across the country lined up, or rather horded, outside of their local Wal-Mart during the early hours of Black Friday. It was the same advertisement th
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Ask any given down-stater who made their trek back up to Binghamton yesterday, and chances are, you will get the same grueling reaction. For those who took the best known route (80, 380 and 81) through Jersey and Pennsylvania, the what should have been a 3 ½ hour ride (from Long Island, shorter if you
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Black Friday is a danger to everyone's health, especially the unassuming employee standing in the path of a stampede of shoppers.
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What better way to kick off the holiday weekend than a small gathering of friends? It’s nice to get a chance for meaningful farewells before parting to your respective hometowns for Thanksgiving. While that sentiment is sweet and all, the guys of 97 Chestnut (You may know them as “The Chestnut Inn
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An extremely talented guitarist, Binghamton’s own Mike Brenner has been playing for seven years. I first heard Brenner play at the Singer Songwriter Contest in the New Union, two weeks ago. There, I picked up his album, “Vingettes,” which is actually available on iTunes. I have been listening to it,
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And so another Friday night at Binghamton ensues. The roads are icy, a perpetual flow of snow is dusting over the greater Bing area, and dorm heat isn’t quite up to par just yet; Welcome winter. I can’t help but notice that I’ve had essentially the same conversation with everyone to whom I’ve inquired about w
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