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…
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Barbara Jaffe created history on April 21 when she granted two Stony Brook University chimpanzees a writ of habeas corpus, which allows them to be brought into court to determine if their detention is lawful. The…
At the Undergraduate Student Government senate meeting on April 16, the Black Womyn’s Association made their budget appeal and were able to secure their proposed amount for this semester. In the appeal, President of the club, Bianca Baofo, pleaded for…
Stony Brook students return to school after the tobacco age in Suffolk County was changed from 19 to 21 on Jan. 1. A debate has arisen about whether or not the law will serve as beneficial towards limiting teens’ abilities…
On December 4, 2014 The Undergraduate Student Government passed the My Senator’s Keeper Act with a vote of 15-2-0. The act, the brainchild of current USG Executive Vice-President James Alrassi, requires that senators take on at least one semester-long project…
Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward. Charles Bernstein and Rob Woodsomething. Among journalists, these guys are pretty much the cream of the crop. The Apex. The King of the Hill. The Menagerie. The Trojan Horse. The journaliest journalists to ever journalist…