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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 “ordinaryâ...
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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