The lights in the theater at the Wang Center dimmed, and the stage was cast in a pool of light. The third annual TedX event, meant to start conversations and initiate ideas, was held on Friday at Stony Brook University.…
Your eyes skim through the text as fast as humanly possible, and you are hoping the words on the page will make sense if you read them fast enough. You read it again, a little slower now because you lost…
Unless you have been living under a rock, you probably know that Stony Brook University has been sued by the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP), an organization that fights for animal rights. Chimpanzees Hercules and Leo came under international spotlight when…
“My brain is weird; it tries to create things that will never happen,” said Elizabeth Beckett, fiddling with a misshapen twig. The wind whistled through the surrounding trees in the deep woods behind Tabler Quad at Stony Brook University, where…
As Joseph Mandarino turned to speak, he tore his eyes away from a glowing Apple Macbook and whirled around on his revolving chair. A stack of old newspapers lay on his table at the entrance of the Health Sciences library,…
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Barbara Jaffe created history on April 21 when she granted two Stony Brook University chimpanzees a writ of habeas corpus, which allows them to be brought into court to determine if their detention is lawful. The…
At the Undergraduate Student Government senate meeting on April 16, the Black Womyn’s Association made their budget appeal and were able to secure their proposed amount for this semester. In the appeal, President of the club, Bianca Baofo, pleaded for…
Tired of being with the same person for over 10 years? Fear not! Besides the fact that you can let the whole world know whether you are married or not, you now can also keep people updated about your legal…
First the profile picture of Coldplay’s official Facebook page went bright turquoise, then Deadmau5’ page did the same. The phenomenon was baffling until a wise commentator pointed out: “it’s Tidal Wave” and the color is actually cyan-blue. On March 30th,…