Stony Brook graduate student Kasia Sawicka works four jobs, her primary one a research assistant at Stony Brook University. Like the more than 700 RAs on this campus, she receives a paycheck of roughly $19,000 to help cover the expenses of living on Long Island all the while working countless hours in the lab.
The USG Senate did not confirm Student Activities Board chair nominee Da’Nashja Davis at the September 9 Senate meeting due to her absence from the proceedings. Senator Syed Haq motioned to table Davis’ confirmation until the Senate could question her and determine her fitness for the position.
Budget gaps, a large student-to-faculty ratio, research grants and a young athletic program are just some of the issues that Stony Brook University’s fifth president, Dr. Samuel J. Stanley, will have to face.
The first two issues of North 40 read like a pulp mash-up of comic book subgenres. As effective as that is, it can also be a comic’s worst enemy when handled with too much zeal and not enough passion. That’s not to say that North 40 suffers greatly from these symptoms yet, but the symptoms are there.
Check out footage from Rock Yo Face Case, the showcase of student performers and local bands that took place on Monday in the University Cafe. The footage was shot and broadcast live and is available online here.
President Stanley readily admits that his proposal, should it be pursued, “probably means there will be a tuition increase.”
Republicans are falling left and right. They have lost nearly 70 seats in congress over the last three years. And they could lose even more in 2012. Is this the end of the GOP as we know it?
Conor Oberst and Jenny Lewis, perhaps better known as the vocalists of Bright Eyes and Rilo Kiley, performed at the River to River Festival.
The RA Union continues its bargaining sessions with the Research Foundation. Progress is slowly being made, but it may be months of further negotiations before an agreement–and contract–is reached.