By Beatrice Vantapool Up against books-turned-movies like Harry Potter and the Twilight series, The Hunger Games had its work cut out, especially with the added skepticism that the movie wouldn’t live up to the book. If Haymitch Abernathy (Woody Harrelson)…
By Tom Johnson and Liz Kaempf Unlike Comic-Con, during which stars of current television shows appear and hotter chicks show up in cosplay, I-CON likes to forego most of that classy stuff and replace it with lots of porn.…
By Priscila Korb Waiting for a Stony Brook bus for 15 minutes can seem like a century to someone on their way to class. There could be many reasons for public transportation being late, and not knowing where the bus…
By Nick Batson and Jodie Mann A huge challenge faced by any event planner, like the director of Stony Brook University’s Special Programming Agency, is managing to find the time and space appropriate for any event. Jackie Cowles, this year’s…
By Nick Statt and Carol Moran The Student Activities Board, the Undergraduate Student Government agency responsible for putting on large-scale campus events, has approximately $110,000 still unspent this year–even after the $215,000 allocated for the end of the year concert…
By Carol Moran and John Fischer California Pizza Kitchen in Roth Cafe will close at the end of this semester, and the Faculty Student Association committee that recommends changes to campus dining is considering Red Mango to replace it, and…
By Briana Neuberger Alan Alda, six-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe winner and board member for the Stony Brook University Center for Communicating Science, is conducting a nationwide contest for scientists to explain what a flame is to an 11-year-old.…
I recently wrote about political correctness. I’d actually like to expand on that theme. First off, I’d like to note that everyone is offended by something. Period. Now, I’m fixin’ to slip into my southern drawl and ‘splain a few…
by Beatrice Vantapool Lucy Van Dalen, a senior sociology major, took the gold in the mile and tenth place in the 300-meter race for Stony Brook in the women’s indoor track and field NCAA championships Friday, March 9 at Jacksons…