It was the February of 1985, and Robert Crease sat across the table from the Nobel Prize winning physicist Richard Feynman in his Caltech office. The subject was unification–the idea that there lies in wait a universal theory of everything.…
By Carol Moran John Milnor awoke to a 6 a.m. phone call the morning of March 23. A voice informed him that he was chosen by a committee of five mathematicians as the winner of the prestigious Abel Prize—and one…
Like allergy season on crack, the semester-ly zombie outbreak arrived at Stony Brook University for the third consecutive semester on Thursday, March 31st 2011. However, due to budget cuts, more Undergraduate Student Government mishandlings and the fact that all of…
By Gabriel Panadero
Either the members of Beach Fossils locked themselves up in a room with just their instruments for months on end, or the Brooklyn-based indie group was seriously holding back on the debut album. The latter is more likely, and it shines…
Last week, Think was at Ralph Nader’s appearance at Stony Brook, urging students to get involved and be engaged. Before he took the stage, we sat down for a conversation with the activist, attorney, and four-time presidential candidate.
By Alyssa Melillo Though generally against tuition hikes, the majority of Stony Brook students recently surveyed by the Undergraduate Student Government said they are willing to pay higher tuition rates in order to prevent the discontinuation of majors and class…
By Carol Moran The world of athletics is a microcosm of society, says Evelyn Thompson, interim head coach of the women’s basketball team at Stony Brook. They test the limits of the human body—its coordination and agility, its litheness and…
By Vincent Barone Over the recent months, construction workers undertook several major athletic renovation projects at Stony Brook, including complete makeovers of the university’s track and baseball field. Both experienced varying levels of success. Though the Stony Brook Arena construction…