Stony Brook University President Samuel Stanley joined the growing list of university presidents and administrators calling for the passage of the DREAM Act. In letters to Senators Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C), President Stanley joins the presidents of…
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Lame Fest 2010; Also Inside: The Lit Sup
Nearly three weeks into this fledging baseball season, Jerry Manuel’s New York Mets are indeed a force to be reckoned with … The Philadelphia Phillies enter play Friday with their best start since 1993 … In my last column, I promised that the Rockies would be winning all of their games.
Damn, it feels good to be a Yankees fan. … The Red Sox are a proud organization blessed with a storied tradition in American baseball.
In early April, a group of 30 census workers spent four days filling out official, constitutionally mandated census forms for the campus’ 9,000 residents.
Yet despite the massive undertaking, there was never any disclosure made to the students that the census was being filled out on their behalf.
This past Saturday night CBS aired a Strikeforce fight show. Strikeforce is a small promotion trying to make a splash in the Mixed Martial Arts market that has all but been monopolized by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
“Do you want to JEOPARDIZE your academic career?” it bellows in scarlet lettering. Underneath, in a more restrained funeral black, it informs the viewer that “These sororities are NOT RECOGNIZED at Stony Brook University.”
“The recent tragic suicides of three students within a month has shocked Cornell campus and is the talk of the town,” Alex Cain, Cornell University senior, wrote in his blog, “Unfortunately, this only perpetuates the stereotype I hear from so many other schools about Cornell being a ‘suicide’ school…