Opinions Archives – Page 2 of 102

Before you post, fact-check yourself

Op-eds OpinionsAugust 7, 2020August 12, 2020

#OPINION Users are taking advantage of social media spaces to have conversations about relevant issues from COVID-19 to the crisis in Yemen. However, some of these widely-shared posts have contained fallacies ranging from harmless to potentially harmful.

Social contracts should be respected within clubs too

Op-eds OpinionsJuly 19, 2020July 25, 2020

I was the public relations officer for Dumbledore’s Army. However, the eBoard made a decision on July 10 and abused their power by supporting a political stance using the club’s name without the consent of club members.

COVID-19’s impact on the developing world is largely ignored by Americans, and it shouldn’t be

Op-eds OpinionsJuly 12, 2020July 13, 2020

The developing world is largely ignored by most Americans. It’s time that American media, and Americans themselves, begin to recognize the impact that a global pandemic has outside of Europe and the U.S.

It’s time for white people to speak out against systemic racism in America

Op-eds OpinionsJune 21, 2020

People need to be anti-racist and publicly fight for reforms to begin dismantling the systems that oppress black people in the U.S.

USG statement on nationwide police violence against the black community

Letters OpinionsJune 15, 2020June 15, 2020

USG does not tolerate and denounces all forms of racist rhetoric and behavior targeted towards black people. We must stand together and condemn racism, anti-blackness and white supremacy.

SBU needs to support black students before making statements about embracing diversity

Op-eds OpinionsJune 11, 2020

#OPINIONS: SBU should not make statements on current events involving racism and brutality, when the university fails to hold their leaders and staff accountable for their unethical actions.

Editorial: Citizens and journalists have the right to address systemic racism

Editorials Opinions Top StoryMay 29, 2020May 29, 2020

It is our unique right and responsibility, as journalists and Americans, to record and speak out against injustice and oppression.

A college student’s perspective on quarantine

Op-eds OpinionsMay 25, 2020May 25, 2020

COVID-19 has affected us all in one way or another. For college students like me, it meant turning our lives upside down – we lost the familiarity of seeing our peers in a physical classroom setting.

The Bezos Earth Fund is Just Lip Service

Op-eds OpinionsMay 5, 2020

Jeff Bezos, the richest man in the world, has done nothing to curb the 44.4 million tons of carbon dioxide his shipping services released into the atmosphere in 2018 alone.

USG President’s letter to the student body

Letters OpinionsApril 4, 2020April 5, 2020

“My Fellow Students, I hope this letter finds you and your loved ones in good health. It is safe to say that we are in uncharted territory; it is a confusing and challenging time for us all.”

Opinions

SBU needs to update Degreeworks

Zoom University is cheating students out of a proper education

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