Opinions Archives – The Statesman

A final letter from Santiago

by Eric ZolovOpinions Top StoryDecember 4, 2019December 5, 2019

“Tu normalidad es privilegio,” is graffitied over an entire wall along the Nueva Providencia Avenue in downtown Santiago. After six weeks of nearly continuous street protests and a growing tally of the dead and wounded, the debate over “a return to normalcy” has taken center stage here in Chile.

Cancel culture needs to be canceled

by Xenia GonikbergOpinionsDecember 2, 2019December 2, 2019

Cancel culture has gone mainstream. When a person, famous or not, is called out on Twitter or other media platforms for mean or insensitive remarks they have made in the past, they get “canceled.”

Growing up “divided,” I always saw segregation on Long Island

by Maya BrownOpinionsDecember 1, 2019December 1, 2019

While the growing population of minorities on Long Island has increased more than 10% in the last two decades, the amount of inclusion and equity has not. A 2015 report by ERASE Racism found that Long Island continues to be one of the most racially segregated regions in the country.

Decriminalizing sex work empowers sex workers and protects their human rights

by Fanni FranklOpinionsNovember 24, 2019November 24, 2019

In a society where sex workers often get discriminated against, the question of decriminalization of sex work should be highly considered. Sex workers often face violence in their field including physical, sexual and psychological violence.

It’s time to give it up for Cyber Monday — and give up on Black Friday

by James BowenOpinionsNovember 24, 2019November 24, 2019

The glass doors are the ring, the customers are the bull and the employees pointing to the 50% off signs are the bullfighters waving their red flags. But instead of getting impaled by horns — it’s the heels of a stampede of customers that will deliver the killer blow — literally.

Dealing with Instagram’s poor customer service was a nightmare

by Anya MarquardtOpinionsNovember 24, 2019November 24, 2019

Instagram is easily one of the most popular social media apps of this decade. As of June 2018, Instagram has 1 billion monthly users, compared to 130 million monthly users in June 2013. It is the second most-used app after Facebook, which bought Instagram in 2014.

When universities become echo chambers

by Andrew InfantinoOpinionsNovember 20, 2019November 20, 2019

Educational institutions are prone to groupthink, a process by which members of a group strive for consensus by suppressing dissent. Dissenters may face retaliation or remain silent while external input is ignored.

The 2020 U.S. presidential election will make or break our planet

by James BowenOpinionsNovember 18, 2019November 18, 2019

With a climate change skeptic in office, and older generations apathetic to the consequences of global warming, young climate change advocates find their cries for climate change reform falling on deaf ears.

TikTok is a leading marketing tool for businesses to creatively brand

by Xenia GonikbergOpinionsNovember 17, 2019November 18, 2019

The video app, TikTok, is surprisingly becoming more and more popular among corporations. Although the app’s main audience consists of teenagers and young adults, more companies have started using TikTok as a platform to brand themselves.

The student body has been cheated by USG

by Thor HawreyOpinionsNovember 17, 2019November 17, 2019

I’m a recent alumnus who values integrity above all. While I was a student, this core value led me to get involved in improving the Stony Brook community and it resulted in the SUNY Chancellor awarding me the Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence this past spring.

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SBU students need secure housing to integrate in the community

We have to teach computer science students about maintaining algorithmic neutrality

Student media briefing got questions answered, but we are still being limited

The USG concert series is a failure

Hungary’s neo-nationalism poses dangerous threat to social order