On Monday, November 3, the night before the presidential election, Barack Obama did a televised interview with ESPN’s Chris Berman during the Monday Night Football half-time show. Though I’m sure he had a lot on his mind, he put it all to the side to talk a little sports with the Swami. Berman asked the president elect, “If you could change one thing in sports, what would that be?” Obama’s answer was simple, direct, and indicative of a brilliant and insightful president.
Recently, with the impending financial crisis, and devastating budget cuts to SUNY, the SUNY Student Assembly voted in support of a rational tuition increase plan.
In the world, there are two groups of people; one group wants to forget their past and history, and the other group does not.
The New York City Council voted on Thursday, October 22 to extend term limits for elected officials to three terms from two, clearing the path for Mayor Michael Bloomberg to run again.
As one can see from Reefer Madness, the propaganda movie from the 1930’s, to Weeds, the television show about a pot selling suburban mom today, the subject of marijuana in media has been around almost since the birth of the medium.
We here at The Stony Brook Press know you’ve been inundated with massive amounts of Election ’08 coverage by now.
“[Joining The Stony Brook Press] was the best thing that I ever did,” Scott Higham told a packed auditorium of enthusiastic journalism students at the Stony Brook Student Union last Wednesday night.
It started with a drum kit. But before the arrival of the drum kit, the music scene at Stony Brook had long been deserted since acts such as Jimi Hendrix and The Who played on this campus.
Every choice a presidential candidate makes reflects their stance on certain issues: what tie to wear, what chips to eat, which baby to kiss.