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February 2009
Issue 1, Volume 7
 
The Fool in Albany: An Open Letter ...
By Chris Loomis
Firstly, I would like to apologize. It is my fault for mistaking your ineptitude with criminal malfeasance. I thought that perhaps you had some nefarious reasons behind the tuition increases. Now I realize you are just simply oblivious to reality. I say this, not to incite, but rather to provide insight, because what you are doing is not just immoral, not just wrong, but stupid beyond comprehension and will hurt New York State more than it will help. In the end, these tuition increases will provide less revenue than if you had left Binghamton students alone, and will also bring down one of ...
Black Musician Befriends KKK
By Nicole Ortiz
Daryl Davis is a 50-year-old black pianist who has acquired more than twenty robes of former KKK members during his life. Davis was able to find a way to become friends with members of a group that hated him based solely on his skin color. While he was attending a march with fellow cub scouts ...
   
The Recap - Fall 2008 Semester
By Adam Carver
Prospect staff gets nostalgic for the Fall 2008 semester - THE RECAP * Matt Landau ends speculation about his possible run for mayor, but reveals that his campaign slogan would have been "A Municipal Government for Everyone" * Basketball player Malik Alvin caught stealing from Walmart, ...
Flying Under the Radar: Illegal ...
By Jim O'Neil
With the emergence of Wall Street as the epicenter of the present climate of the ongoing economic predicament, one of the most hotly debated components of America's economic strife has taken a back seat – illegal immigration. A reason for the passivity is that economists generally reflect the ...
   
A-Roid
By Adam Carver
With one test, a career is ruined. Recently, information was leaked about the New York Yankees' third baseman, Alex Rodriguez, testing positive for two anabolic steroids - testosterone and Primobolan - in 2003. The positive test came after one of Rodriguez's best seasons with the Texas Rangers, ...
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“Qassam Count: One or more rockets hit Israeli civilian areas today.” In recent weeks you're likely to have seen variations of this message on Facebook. It's a statement made in solidarity with the Israelis who have been ...
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Because our publication is a monthly magazine, we are sometimes criticized when we publish “old news,” but I believe that the inauguration of Barack Hussein Obama on January 20, 2009 is anything but old. After ...
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Alright, so the tour was originally supposed to begin in Hinman and end at the Parking Garage and take up some 700 words of my talking. Simple enough, right? But no, since you guys did indeed park in the visitor's parking ...
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Heading out with Hamlet
If the world really is a stage, and all of the people are simply players, then as a player on my own stage I witnessed a local play-within-the-play-of-my-life that touched me. For two weekends the Schorr Family Theatre in ...
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