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Stony Brook’s Lunar New Year Gala

The queue for the 2012 Lunar New-Year Gala snaked through the corridors of the SAC like the tail of a Chinese dragon last Tuesday evening. Students were waiting to attend the free event in celebration of the lunar year change, ...

by Olivia Burne

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Stony Brook Union Evacuated After Fire Scare

Students and staff evacuated the Union Building earlier tonight, February 1, around 5 p.m. after a burning ventilation motor activated a fire alarm. All occupants were evacuated from the building for approximately 45 min while ...

by Jasmine Haefner

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Chucho Valdés: A Taste For Rhythm

Dressed in a green, striped flannel shirt and a blue backwards cap, Cuban jazz pianist Chucho Valdés walked onto the stage looking like an ordinary man. That is, until he started playing the piano, making the word “ordinary�...

by John Fischer

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Cuomo Cabinet Member Outlines Plans for Reform

Ken Adams, president and CEO of the Empire State Development Corporation, outlined Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s executive budget proposal and reform plans today for a small audience in the Stony Brook University Wang Center. The gover...

by Carol Moran

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BREAKING: Academic Excellence and Success Fee Dropped for the Fall

Stony Brook University has reversed its controversial decision to charge its new $37.50 Academic Excellence and Success fee for the Fall semester. A message sent to Stony Brook students through SOLAR on Thursday said that the f...

by Trevor Christian

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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 approved by New York Governor Andrew Cuo...

by Trevor Christian

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