Welcome to Pony Brook University
“They’re standing there and telling Rainbow Dash she’s awesome,” calls out a college-age male wearing a camouflage shirt. He is one of about a dozen college students, over half of[...]
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Stony Brook Clubs React to Cut Budgets and New Regulations
Club leadership nervously pored over the USG budget on Saturday morning, hoping that their budget was cut by a high enough percent to apply for more funding. New guidelines and[...]
What’s New On Campus Fall 2011
Ask any Stony Brook student, and they’ll say there hasn’t been a day when some part of campus or another was under construction. This summer seemed to underscore that[...]
Stony Brook University Emerges From Irene A Bit Messy but Unharmed
Hurricane Irene passed through Stony Brook University early on Sunday morning and left little more than a mess in its wake. Several trees and large branches came crashing down in[...]
University Departments Preparing for the Worst, and May Get It
Hurricane Irene is showing no signs of changing course or losing steam. And that means Stony Brook University could be in for a windy, wet and potentially dangerous first week of the Spring semester. Think Magazine continues our extensive coverage of the biggest storm of the decade.
Hurricane Irene Forces Stony Brook to Reschedule Move-In Day to Saturday
Hurricane Irene is on it’s way, and with landfall expected on Long Island on Sunday (as thousands of students return to campus), Stony Brook announced today it would open the dorms a day early to returning students in an attempt to avoid a wet mess.
Breaking: Former University President John Marburger Dies
Former Stony Brook University President and science advisor to President George W. Bush John H. Marburger has died, according to the Office of The Vice President of Research. He was[...]
Construction Begins on Hilton Garden Inn, Hundreds of Trees Removed
This week, Stony Brook University began construction of a new 135-room Hilton Garden Inn by clearing a 3 acre plot of land that was, until today, a hundreds-year-old untouched woodland. See our photo gallery.
UPDATED: Hackers Unload Large Cache of Alleged Internal Walmart Documents
The Script Kiddies have released a huge cache of what the group describes as internal Walmart documents. Most of the documents are mundane and seemingly unimportant or uninformative, but several dozen employees are listed alongside their social security numbers.
Stony Brook Medical Center Could Lose $30 Million In Debt Ceiling Negotiaions
Medicare subsidies, which have long been a target for cuts by congressional Republicans, may be in jeopardy as negotiations continue over raising the debt ceiling. But if those cuts are included, Stony Brook University Medical Center could lose a further $30 million, on top of over $27 million in state cuts this year.