Sure, I’m picky about my Sherlock Holmes, but I don’t think you have to be a pretentious scholar of nineteenth-century literature to see that the new Holmes film, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, is incredibly disappointing. Of course, there’s a lot to like. As always, Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law are fantastic actors. [...]

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 fee, which would be applied to students’ tuition bills beginning with the current semester, “will help bring the university [...]

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 Cuomo the day before. Students are expected to pay $75, half for the upcoming semester and half for the [...]

By Arielle Dollinger and Trevor Christian Stony Brook University has received a $150 million donation from “one of the world’s most accomplished investors,” Dr. James Simons and his wife, Dr. Marilyn Simons, along with the Simons Foundation, President Samuel L. Stanley announced yesterday. “It is a historic gift,” Stanley said, “the largest ever to Stony [...]

It’s that wonderful time of year again. Finals! If you have time to read this today, either you’re through with the bane of most students’ existences, or you’re procrastinating. In either case, congratulations! Personally, I fall into the first category. I took my only two exams today, and now that they’re both out of the [...]

by Kerlen Rae Tuitt Boobs. Images of computerized breasts projecting at the front of the classroom led seated students to perk up their heads and yell out names. The space contained over two-dozen guys and a handful of girls, most of whom were effortlessly able to identify the female game icons with only a cropped [...]

Thomas Kirnbauer checks into the Undergraduate Student Government office, his rugby player frame clad in sweatpants while colleagues like President Mark Maloof don a suit in the office. You couldn’t tell from his unassuming appearance, but Kirnbauer has been one of the most influential treasurers in recent years. Since assuming office, Kirnbauer helped rewrite the [...]

The University Senate resolved on Monday, December 5 to halt the formation of shared service centers—the university’s method of increasing administrative efficiency and cutting costs by reorganizing existing staff resources rather than hiring when staff leave or retire. The Senate passed two separate resolutions both calling for more analysis and investigation into the success of [...]

The University Senate’s decision early this week to pass two separate resolutions effectively halting all implementation of shared support service centers is an exemplary display of determination and courage from faculty in the face of administrative might and insistence that this plan could work, despite its uncertainties and the consistent lack of communication. President Stanley, [...]

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 the basement flooded day after day for more than two weeks. A chunk of fallen ceiling, presumably dislodged by water that dripped on it whenever [...]