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The Record

The 89th Academy Awards ceremony took place on February 26th.

And the Academy Award doesn’t go to…

Edwin J. Viera, Columnist February 28, 2017

The Academy Awards is always an event that is met with great anticipation.  However, this year it was met with great debate. For starters, the entire broadcast of The Oscars was plagued by a preemptive...

NYPIRG to lobby for higher education affordability in Albany on March 2

NYPIRG to lobby for higher education affordability in Albany on March 2

Rosalind Eatmon-Jackson, NYPIRG Intern February 24, 2017

Dear Editor: Higher Education is a complex commodity in America; from tuitions fees, to stagnated financial aid programs, and federal funding with ever increasing interest. There have been ongoing controversial...

"Will & Grace" will return for a ninth season this year.

Donald and Mike meet ‘Will & Grace’

Edwin J. Viera, Columnist February 22, 2017

During the late 1990’s and early 2000’s the NBC sitcom, Will & Grace, became famous for having two openly gay lead characters on the show. The show was about the lives of Will Truman, a gay lawyer,...

Nebraska's "right to repair" legislation would give customers new options for electronics repair.

Every owner of electronics would benefit from ‘right to repair’ legislation

Joel Hopkins, Opinion Editor February 20, 2017

Digital Rights Management (DRM) is a company’s best friend and a consumer's worst nightmare. (If you aren't familiar with DRM (lucky you), you can learn about it here.) DRM practices are now expanding...

Jeff Daniels as Will McAvoy in HBO's "The Newsroom"

HBO’s ‘The Newsroom’ parallels current American politics

Edwin J. Viera, Columnist February 14, 2017

Aaron Sorkin’s HBO series The Newsroom is a show that presented news in a truthful manner, though the show was fictional. Some of the principles and philosophies of the show apply too much to life in...

President Trump has issued a temporary "travel ban" on seven different Muslim-majority countries.

Trump’s Muslim ban disguised as travel ban

Edwin J. Viera, Columnist February 8, 2017

From 2012 to 2014, HBO’s The Newsroom exhibited the behind-the-scenes life of working for a television news show. During Season 2, the main plot was about the crew of the show getting a news story of...

Milo Yiannopoulos speaking at the University of New Mexico.

Riots at UC Berkeley: an attack on free speech

Joel Hopkins, Opinion Editor February 7, 2017

Milo Yiannopoulos has never been a stranger to controversy. His tendentious style isn’t news, but the terrifying new response to it is. The 32-year old openly-gay, Catholic, alt-right Breitbart editor...

Donald Trump speaking at a pre-election rally in Buffalo, New York.

Trump wastes no time, signs several regressive, controversial executive orders

Edwin J. Viera, Columnist January 31, 2017

Donald Trump has taken office as the 45th President of the United States, and has hit the ground not running, but sprinting. He has already signed executive orders to defund Planned Parenthood, and to...

Young people to Governor Cuomo: Help us save money

Letter to the editor December 6, 2016

To The Editor: We’ve heard it countless times from our parents and grandparents: saving money is essential for a secure future. It’s good advice – but, the times they are a-changin’, as Bob...

Anxiety and academics: how the two go hand in hand

Jess Freda, Special to The Record November 30, 2016

“It happens at the snap of a finger. You’re fine, then you’re shaking and hyperventilating until you start crying or you pass out from being so lightheaded. You can’t stop it. You have to just...

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