Acadia Bost
abost@binghamton.edu
29 Articles
Community
Local activists and community members rally against potential Medicaid cuts
Local activists and community members rallied alongside Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado on Thursday against potential Medicaid cuts. The protest, held in Downtown Binghamton, was organized by activist groups Citizen Action and Indivisible...
Campus News
Protesters disrupt Q Center talk featuring transgender activist who served in the IDF
This article was updated at 11:26 p.m. on 3/24 to include an additional statement from the speaker, Michael Alroy. Content Warning: This article contains mentions of suicide. More than a dozen protesters...
Campus News
University adopts Okanagan Charter for campus health and sustainability
The University last week adopted the Okanagan Charter, a document guiding colleges and universities on how to center health and sustainability in campus life. Created in 2015, the charter calls on higher...
Community
Miles Burnett, a Democrat, launches mayoral campaign
Miles Burnett, a South Side native who announced his candidacy for mayor of Binghamton earlier this month, officially kicked off his campaign on Tuesday. Burnett, a Democrat, joined dozens of supporters downtown...
Campus News
LASU spearheads rally against mass deportations
In response to President Donald Trump’s blitz of immigration-centered executive orders, the Latin American Student Union spearheaded a rally and march against mass deportation on Thursday. Representatives of the American Civic Association,...
Community
Rich David, former Binghamton mayor, launches campaign for county clerkship
Rich David, a Republican who served as mayor of Binghamton for two terms, officially launched his campaign for the Broome County clerkship on Wednesday. The campaign kickoff was held at the Old...
Community
LGBTQ+ history in Binghamton spans decades
Binghamton University and the surrounding community have a rich history of LGBTQ+ organizing dating back to the early 1970s, from the Binghamton chapter of ACT UP to the grassroots Binghamton group Save...
Community
A look at Trump's gender-focused executive order
On President Donald Trump’s first day in office, he issued an executive order “defending women from gender ideology extremism.” The presidential action declared that the United States defines sex as a fixed,...
Community
From a dream to reali-tea: Nihao Tea House in Johnson City offers classic Taiwanese boba
Nihao Tea House, a family-owned bubble tea shop in Johnson City, has been serving classic Taiwanese bubble tea since 2012. The cozy, plant-filled shop is run by Emily Pan ‘17, MBA ‘18...
Campus News
Martin Luther King III addresses packed crowd at University Fireside Chat
Martin Luther King III, the eldest son of the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, visited the University on Wednesday to speak to students and the...