By Priscila Korb EcoLeaders – no it’s not the name of a superhero organization, but the new environmental initiative plan starting this semester. James O’Connor, director of sustainability and transportation and Olena Huffmire Goralchuck, a member of the Sustainability Task…
By Suraiya Afrina As the nation awaits the final Presidential debate at Lynn University on Oct. 22, Stony Brook University offered its students their own second mock debate. The College Democrats and the Speech and Debate Society faced off in a…
As you may remember from a previous issue of The Press (Vol. 34, Issue 2) we started off the semester on rocky ground with Stony Brook Athletics. An editorial published on this very page grabbed the attention of a blogger…
[featured-img][/featured-img] After months of planning and promotion, Stony Brook University has migrated all student email accounts to Google Apps for Education. The Google Apps accounts were made available to all students beginning in July and about 2,000 voluntarily made the…
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 candidates answer questions and debate over questions, what the 70…
Coming off their exciting homecoming win against Colgate, the Stony Brook Seawolves traveled to West Point, NY to take on the Army Black Knights. The Seawolves were seeking their first win in five all-time matchups against Division I Football Bowl…
By Andrew Carrieri The Stony Brook Seawolves hosted the Colgate University Raiders on Homecoming day hoping to avenge a 27-17 loss at Syracuse the weekend before. They gave the uproarious record setting crowd of 10,278 more than just a win—they…
By Andrew Carrieri Fantasyland, a section of Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom theme park in Florida, is legendary. The home of many classic Disney attractions, such as the Mad Tea Party (a.k.a. “the teacups”) and Cinderella Castle, it is incredibly…
By Arielle Dollinger and Nicole Kohn In a land where bullets were the equivalent of rain and the sound of helicopters overhead was normal, former foreign correspondent and current New York Times Deputy Foreign Editor Michael Slackman went from local…