For the purposes of this article, I’ll be dealing with Athenian democracy, as that is what people are most familiar with, and as it is really the only city-state that actively practiced democracy for any length of time. Greece is…
Nadia Habib addressed the media just before noon on Thursday after she and her mother were granted a temporary stay of deportation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. They were both given an order of supervision, which limits their ability to…
Stony Brook University Junior Nadia Habib and her mother Nazmin face deportation today after living in the United States for almost 20 years without proper documentation. Think Magazine spoke with Nadia last week about her situation, the DREAM Act, and…
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Hacker group The Script Kiddies was back in the news two weeks ago when they claimed responsibility for breaking into the @NBCNews Twitter account and posting alarming messages about a non-existent terrorist attack at Ground Zero, just days before the…
Hours before Troy Davis was controversially executed by the state of Georgia for allegedly murdering a police officer in the 1980s, members of the Stony Brook University chapter of the NAACP and Blackworld newspaper held a silent march on the…
The 2011-2012 season at the Staller Center for the Arts opens Saturday, October 15 with “Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger,” Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl. The Staller Center has a packed season lined up, with many musical guests…
Tuesday, September 20, was a historic day for the LGBT community nationwide. “Don’t ask, don’t tell,” the antiquated military action prohibiting gay, lesbian or bisexuals from serving openly in the Armed Forces, has finally been completely repealed. Of course, this…
So, I’m actually a bit exhausted on politics right now. The 2012 election is over a year away, but all I hear or see in the news has to do with the Republican candidates. Originally, I had planned to write…