By Lauren Dubinsky The long line to buy books at the beginning of each semester at Stony Brook, let alone many universities, is shortening because students are not buying textbooks, rather e-books. As Stony Brook University students walk into the…
The current accumulation of snow this winter in Stony Brook is 54 inches. With parking problems, safety hazards and less money to cover snow removal, students and faculty said the colossal amount of snow has made life at Stony Brook…
Stony Brook University’s diverse profile in geology extends beyond the university’s grounds and into the community, largely due to the efforts of Professor Gilbert Hanson. Apart from his research and teaching efforts, the energetic Hanson, 74, has headed the Long…
What little praise Governor Cuomo received for keeping SUNY tuition as-is in his recent budget proposal was trumped by criticism of the proposed elimination of all direct state support, $55 million, to the Stony Brook University Medical Center. That loss,…
The Student Activities Board’s accomplishment in bringing Aziz Ansari and Immortal Technique to Stony Brook in the same week highlights what can now be called a successful transition from the old SAB to the current one. As the one-year-anniversary of…
By Najib Aminy The last place Stony Brook commuter Mathew Christoforou would think he’d be on a Friday night is back on campus. He usually at home or at a party, both far away from the Academic Mall, he says.…
By Nick Statt Clad in what looked like a multi-thousand dollar grey and black suit, comedian Aziz Ansari strolled onto the Staller stage Wednesday night to an explosive crowd. Even Aziz himself didn’t quite know how to receive the fervor,…
By Najib Aminy The commercialization of hip-hop, its overabundance in mainstream airwaves and the overall declining quality in its music has led me to believe that hip hop is dead, or at least it should be. There is that broad…
By Vincent Barone Back home, way out near the western coast of Canada, in New Westminister, B.C., Kevin Crowley was fiddling with some cables, connecting his laptop to his television. His family was over. They were about to watch the…