Stony Brook Charges New and Controversial Fee
Students eager to check their grades on SOLAR yesterday discovered a message informing them about a new $37.50 per semester fee, called the Academic Excellence and Success fee, which was[...]
Author: Trevor Christian
The State of the Union
Last summer was a bad one for the Stony Brook Student Union building. A back staircase developed a mold problem that wasn’t remedied until October. A number of rooms in[...]
On Food, and What it May Constitute
Pizza, says Congress, is a vegetable. Pepper spray, says Fox News host Megyn Kelly, is a food product. The expanding definition of the word “food” never ceases to amaze me.[...]
Stony Brook Professor Sparks Debate Over Video on Newspaper Websites
When Stony Brook Journalism Professor Barbara Selvin suggested that small newspapers should jettison most of their video efforts, she started a debate between video journalists and small newspaper editors over[...]
The Word of the Week is “Scandal”
Over the last few months, a number of upstart movements and candidates have dominated polls and news coverage by being both radical and a bit less than controlled. Now, seemingly[...]
Stony Brook’s Dueling Modern Movements
Like the group occupying Wall Street in New York, members of Occupy Stony Brook stood in the center of a large plaza, demanding attention to their cause. But instead of[...]
In Playing Conventional Politics, Mitt Romney is Alone
There’s long been a chasm between both the behavior and politics of Mitt Romney and the Republican’s “flavor of the week,” to quote Herman Cain. But while past short-time front[...]
SlutWalk Marches Through Stony Brook
Lauren Baker stood on the SAC Plaza dressed in a lace shirt, a short black skirt and fishnet stockings, holding a sign that read “HUG ME I’M A SLUT,” in[...]
You Have Our Attention, Now Stop Pooping on Things
If you were to ask the protesters at the Occupy Wall Street movement, they represent 99 percent of Americans. But various reports and polls–not to mention their behavior–have said quite[...]
Herman Cain and the Electrocuted Alligators
A recent poll released by Rasmussen Reports shows that Americans would choose Herman Cain over Barack Obama by a 43 to 41 percent margin if a general election were held[...]