Battle Royale
Americans tuned in to watch the first of three prsidential debates featuring Republican nominee Mitt Romney and the Democratic incumbent Barack Obama on Wednesday, Oct. 3. Instead of seeing two[...]
Category: Editorials
Don’t censor me, bro!
As anyone who follows The Stony Brook Press (@sbpress) on Twitter knows, on Saturday Sept. 22, one of our writers decided to put a comedic twist on the homecoming[...]
INTERNS AIN’T SHIT BUT HOES AND TRICKS
Another year, another summer and, as I’m sure many of you reading have done or are in the process of doing, time for another internship. Taking an internship is seen[...]
Protecting Our History
This campus is beautiful. I mean that – even with all of the ongoing construction. There are sections, like the Staller Steps, or the fountain near the Administration building that[...]
Move Over Bruno Mars, Wiz Khalifa is Coming
Correction: A previous version of this editorial referred to Mr. Khalifa as a “blunt-loving hip-hop artist,” which is incorrect. Mr. Khalifa prefers to smoke joints, as his album name Rolling[...]
Evaluating the Student Activities Board
The Undergraduate Student Government’s event planning organization, the Student Activities Board, is responsible for roughly $534,000 of student money, and yet it has proven for the second year in a[...]
Denial of Freedom, Destruction of Trust
Last month saw the full release of files obtained by the Associated Press in regards to widespread spying and monitoring of Muslim Student Associations all over the Northeast. Since October,[...]
From USG and Campusvine, an Earnest Effort
Since the start of the spring semester, the Undergraduate Student Government has been going out of its way to improve its strained relationship with campus clubs and organizations. It’s a[...]
Calendar Wars: Administration Missteps and USG Cowardice
Stony Brook University has long been one of only three schools in the Association of American Universities to cancel classes for Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah, along with SUNY Buffalo[...]
Paving the Path Towards Prestige and Privatization
Stony Brook University’s new logo, unveiled last week, conveys an image of conformity, corporate blandness and grasping, superficial aspiration. It is an image perfect for a university that, in the[...]