Five clubs picked up a combined $5,617 in Special Services Council funding and three clubs that had their line budget statuses restored last week regained all but five percent of their original funding. Also at the meeting, five other clubs…
On the second floor of the Student Union, journalism major Ari Davanelos sits in the office of Stony Brook’s long-running radio station, WUSB. The room is dimly lit, its walls lined with posters of various bands. A tall cabinet is…
By the time Undergraduate Student Government President Mark Maloof issued an executive order calling for the new financial bylaws to be placed under review, fifteen of Stony Brook’s clubs had been defunded, including the local chapter of Habitat for Humanity.…
by Nickolas Mellace If I had to summarize my thoughts on USG’s decision-making in regards to musical events over the past three years, I’d compare them to an abusive, alcoholic boyfriend. “I swear, I’ll never hit you again!” USG exclaimed…
Thomas Kirnbauer checks into the Undergraduate Student Government office, his rugby player frame clad in sweatpants while colleagues like President Mark Maloof don a suit in the office. You couldn’t tell from his unassuming appearance, but Kirnbauer has been one…
Where there’s rugby; there’s soccer. Where there’s soccer; there’s quidditch. And with the space on the allotted recreational fields, these club sports don’t seem to be coexisting harmoniously, according to former USG President Matt Graham. Members of club sports like…
The Undergraduate Student Government (USG) has significantly changed the distribution of responsibilities in planning USG-funded campus events in the past few years, the larger changes being the restructuring of the Student Activities Board (SAB) and the creation of the Special…
The Student Activities Board (SAB), the event-‐planning wing of the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) that is now equipped with a $534,887 budget, is clearly adept at putting on successful campus events. The White Panda concert last Friday proved that SAB’s…