The long-anticipated 7 train extension was opened Sunday, September 13, to a crowd at the new end of the station at West 34th Street by the Jacob Javits Convention Center. Residents from the other end in Flushing, posed for photographs…
Several students had plenty of time to practice their “elevator pitches” for future internships after a Stimson College elevator stopped between floors Wednesday night, trapping nine students inside. “The elevator stopped and the doors just didn’t open,” Jennifer Stahl, a…
Unless you have been living under a rock, you probably know that Stony Brook University has been sued by the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP), an organization that fights for animal rights. Chimpanzees Hercules and Leo came under international spotlight when…
Tragedy. We are all living through hell as we succumb to this horrific event. It is spring. Flowers are blooming, birds are chirping and the air has a fresh, cool breeze that awakens our souls. But on April 22, 2015…
It’s common knowledge that Stony Brook University houses most of its artists in Tabler Quad, but what people do not realize is that the university forces the artists there to paint and play symphonies dedicated to President Samuel L. Stanley…
Less than a decade ago, Professor Jan Diskin-Zimmerman, fondly known as Dini around Stony Brook University, met with her daughter, Catie, and the high-school guidance counselor. They went through the list of schools for Catie to apply to, but one…
Dr. Rita Nezami’s students were losing sleep. “At 3 a.m., they were still e-mailing each other,” said Nezami, a professor of writing and rhetoric at Stony Brook University. After a devastating earthquake struck Nepal on April 25 killing more than…
As Stony Brook University’s Undergraduate Student Government elections go into runoff during the last week of classes, the clear winner from the first election is No Confidence. In a never-before-seen spectacle of political might, No Confidence has acquired the positions…
Rutgers Professor Kevin Allred, who teaches a course titled Politicizing Beyoncé: Black Feminism, U.S. Politics, and Queen Bey, has a beanie, tattooed knuckles that read “Wild Seed,” and a whole lot to say about Beyoncé. “People assume I’m teaching Beyoncé…