The Statesman

A letter from our graduating editors

The Editorial Board • May 9, 2017

Thank you for four amazing years. Thank you for sharing your stories with us.

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Bodies of distraction: what school dress codes say about men and women

Christopher Leelum • April 20, 2016

How much skin is a woman allowed to show in the classroom? If you’re a man, like me, the answer is easy: as little as possible because I’m trying to concentrate please.

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Let’s unleash Microsoft’s “Tay” on the presidential campaign

Christopher Leelum • March 31, 2016

Can man — the so evidently fallible ape with amazing capacities for violence, racism and terror — actually create intelligence?

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Benefits of the Socratic method: Philosophy is practical

Christopher Leelum • March 29, 2016

Considering the most common criticism of the major — “What can you do in the real world with a philosophy degree?” — I have a lot of clearing up to do.

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Generation gap in numbers

Christopher Leelum • February 10, 2016

I present to you the characteristics of a millennial sex life and how some compare to previous generations, with some surprisingly different conclusions than you may expect.

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Street Meat: NYC could use real stress-relief centers

Christopher Leelum • January 24, 2016

Wouldn’t be nice to designate a safe area where New York’s blue and white collars can rub one out together?

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How to handle O’Neill’s student-refugees

Christopher Leelum and Emily Benson • November 23, 2015

As lawful residents of Stony Brook’s campus housing, we refuse to accept any displaced students in our rooms (for sake of explanation, we’ll call them “student-refugees”).

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Have a holly, jolly Christ-less Christmas

Christopher Leelum • November 19, 2015

The number of non-religious adults in the U.S. is on the rise, but many still live in fear of expressing their indifference.

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Sports gambling has too many fans to be illegal

Nick Zararis • September 29, 2015

What is the difference between gambling on point spreads, which is illegal, and picking a team of players and wagering on their output, which is legal in 45 states?

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Dear Patriots, I’m (almost) breaking up with you

Christopher Leelum • September 15, 2015

A damning report by ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” was released last Tuesday in which every Patriot-hater was given the greatest amount of ammunition behind the accusations.

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Tolerating intolerance: where does it end?

Christopher Leelum • July 11, 2015

The most interesting argument against gay marriage I’ve heard is the famous “Where does it end?” defense. If gays can marry, what’s stopping polygamy, pedophilia, zoophilia?

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The pursuit of passion with Neil deGrasse Tyson

Christopher Leelum • April 28, 2015

Over 2,600 people packed into the Island Federal Credit Union Arena to hear Tyson summarize his journey from Bronx nerd to director of the Hayden Planetarium.

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