Has anyone else noticed all the hypothetical bodies piling up next Ron Paul’s podium? What about the real ones in the Texas prison system? Well, the crowds at the endless series of GOP debates have, and they seem to approve.…
At his annual State of the University Address, President Samuel Stanley welcomed 66 new faculty to Stony Brook University. After years of operating under a hiring freeze, this was a big deal for the excited faculty in attendance. “The 2020…
Photos by Tom Johnson Stony Brook University has been overrun by adorable chalk ponies. So far Think has counted four ponies on buildings across the Academic Mall. Rarity showed up on the Staller Center, Rainbow Dash was drawn on a…
Social Security is about to undergo some major changes. Entitlement reform is one of the few things Republicans and Democrats can agree on, as evidenced by President Obama’s jobs bill, Mitch McConnell’s bold means testing proposal and Rick Perry’s alarmist…
Club leadership nervously pored over the USG budget on Saturday morning, hoping that their budget was cut by a high enough percent to apply for more funding. New guidelines and unusually sharp budget cuts forced the students at Stony Brook…
Get used to hearing the phrase “job creation” over the next 14 months. It’s something Republicans want you to believe they are better at than Democrats. And they are—in the short run. They also want you to believe that any…
On Thursday night, the USG Senate overwhelmingly approved a resolution to request that Stony Brook President Samuel Stanley issue a public, written apology regarding his illegal closure of Stony Brook Southampton. Three USG senators discussed hand-delivering the resolution to President…
Ask any Stony Brook student, and they’ll say there hasn’t been a day when some part of campus or another was under construction. This summer seemed to underscore that point as buildings went up and came down in the…
Hurricane Irene loomed large over Stony Brook University’s opening weekend this morning, both figuratively and literally. As students filed into LaValle Stadium for New Student Convocation, rain from the hurricane’s outer arms began to fall as Dr. Peter Baigent, Stony…