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Earthstock: A History
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Just Riffin’ with Deborah Machalow
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USG and SAB: Budgets and Cuts
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The Poor Problem
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Earthstock: A History
Twelve years ago, Mike Youdelman sat with his first student outreach coordinator, Jessica Vito-Buckley, discussing ideas and ways to reach out to the student community about the importance of recycling and being environmentally friendly. The Department of Recycling and Resource Management had just been created at Stony Brook and Youdelman, the manager of the department, [...]
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Just Riffin’ with Deborah Machalow
Down the hallway of the USG suite, Deborah Machalow spends some of her final days as an undergraduate student and as Executive Vice President in her office. It is decorated with a whiteboard littered with quotes from past presidents and politicians, a sign handed down to her that reminds USG officers “The Students Are The [...]
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USG and SAB: Budgets and Cuts
This year’s Undergraduate Student Government budget has shown a relinquishing of the budget cuts that consumed almost every club during last year’s budget allocating. Almost every club received a small increase in their funding, while some, like the Fine Arts Organization and the Japanese Student Organization, received double the amount of the previous year’s allocation. [...]
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The Poor Problem
Tavis Smiley and Cornel West, authors of The Rich and the Rest of US: A Poverty Manifesto, said on April 26 on the Staller Center Main Stage that they are “unapologetically old school.” “We never know our life’s chances, until we know our life’s choices,” Smiley said. He is the host of several public television [...]
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Kickin’ it with Anna Lubitz
Anna Lubitz manages to look put together and professional even on a Saturday morning. While most Stony Brook students meander their way into Starbucks wearing their most comfortable sweats, Lubitz wears a blazer in Seawolves red and is enthusiastic and upbeat without even ordering a coffee. It’s clear that she is the kind of person [...]
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Inside the Environmental Club
Posted May 9, 2012 by The Stony Brook Press
On an unusually warm March evening, the members of the Environmental Club gather in the small yellow room in Roth, just like they do every Wednesday night at 7:00. “We’re here to talk about nuclear energy,” says Czerniawski, the club president,to begin the meeting. “Anyone know what day Earth Day is?” Czerniawski asks like an [...]
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FEZ
Posted May 9, 2012 by The Stony Brook Press
One of the many secret messages in Fez reads, “Trapped in a fez factory. Please send help.” This plea comes straight from the mouth of the game’s creator, Phil Fish, who for nearly five years, was trapped within the padded walls of his own creation. This game all but killed him, clawing away at his [...]
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The Lucky One: Movie vs. Book
Posted May 9, 2012 by Nicole Kohn
The sexy heartthrob Zac Efron is the focal point of The Lucky One, based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks, but I didn’t even need to point that out, did I? The kid from High School Musical is back and he is all grown up. So go ahead and feel free to gawk because besides [...]
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The Avengers
Posted May 9, 2012 by Beatrice Vantapool
Bursting, or rather smashing, onto screen, the long awaited Avengers film brought together the best of the Marvel superhero universe to save the world from certain peril once again. Staying true to the comic book lineup, beloved heroes Thor, Captain America, Iron Man, The Hulk, Hawkeye and Black Widow band together against Loki and his [...]
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Just Riffin’ with Deborah Machalow
Posted May 8, 2012 by Tom Johnson
Down the hallway of the USG suite, Deborah Machalow spends some of her final days as an undergraduate student and as Executive Vice President in her office. It is decorated with a whiteboard littered with quotes from past presidents and politicians, a sign handed down to her that reminds USG officers “The Students Are The [...]
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Bare Because We Care
Posted May 8, 2012 by Vanessa Ogle
With nearly 200 students in their underwear, the excitement blew over the crowd almost as strongly as the gusts of wind on the sunny-but-chilly day. Stony Brook’s first underwear run, the “Bare Because We Care Undie Run,” hosted by the Undergraduate Student Government, drew runners and onlookers. Students stripped down to their underwear, though most [...]
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Roth Regatta: A Trip Back in Time
Posted May 8, 2012 by The Stony Brook Press
By Beatrice Vantapool & Caithlin Pena Stony Brook University’s beloved tradition, the Roth Pond Regatta, took a trip back in time to 90s pop culture this year, with a Baywatch life guard boat built by residents of Hamilton College as its winner. The students rowing the boat have won the Regatta for the last three [...]
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Earthstock Ed
Posted May 8, 2012 by The Stony Brook Press
So. Let’s talk about Earthstock. I didn’t go. I don’t think I even knew when it was. Was it recent? Earthstock is usually around Earth Day and I believe Earth Day was the other day, when Google’s logo was a flower garden. Was that for Earth Day? Maybe it was Mother’s Day. Are there other [...]
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A Seriez of Tubez
Posted May 8, 2012 by The Stony Brook Press
A few months ago everyone on the internet went crazy at the news that two pieces of federal legislation (Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act) were being brought before Congress. SOPA and PIPA were bills that Congress attempted to pass with the stated intention of stopping reproduction of copyrighted materials. Before the bills [...]
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Hittin’ Notez with the High C’s
Posted May 8, 2012 by The Stony Brook Press
The Tabler Arts Center Black Box Theatre was filled with the sound of “do wop’s” and “ahhh’s” as Stony Brook’s all-male a capella group, the High C’s, sang a medley of classic songs for the enthusiastic crowd on Friday, April 20. The chemistry the eight boys had was obvious from the moment they walked on [...]
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