This campus could do much more to facilitate indoor events during the winter time, holding more concerts and fun things students actually want to go to would help make the cold months a lot more bearable.
Things like a campus wide snowball fight or snowman building competition would a great start.
Stony Brook had been called the most depressing campus in America by the Princeton Review two years ago. The atmosphere here can indeed be dreary but it doesn’t take long to realize there is a lot of things to do and amazing people to meet.
It seems that Stony Book always takes a beating when it comes to its reputation, and I, for one am saying that despite what can sometimes seem like a bureaucratic and lethargic school administration there have been a lot of events lately.
Earthstock and the up coming Strawberry Fest draw attention to environmentally friendly ideas as well as garner support for organic farmers in the community. Numerous battle of the bands and music performances like RockYoFaceCase made their way onto campus as well.
The question is, how come all of these events are all focused around the end of the semester? It might have to do with the warmer weather, but during the winter this campus can be truly dreary.
The school might benefit by actually asking students what they want on campus, setting up a student board that is in touch with what we want may help the campus hold better events. College students are also the most thrifty creatures known to man, so if anyone can help the school administration to organize a low cost, but enticing event it’s the students themselves.
Another serious issue that really brings down student morale is the over crowding and lack of classes going into next semester. I am lucky that I came into Stony Brook with a bunch of extra high school credits often bumping my registration date up before my fellow classmates.
Too many times however, my friends as well as freshmen that I know are being locked out of classes that are essential to their major and are often forced into summer class or into horribly deformed looking schedules.
If the school can address the overcrowding, lack of funds, lack of staff and lack of events in the colder months then students here may start to become more satisfied.
The town of Stony Brook is not extremely exciting either so distributing information on things to do in close towns like St. James and Port Jefferson would be really helpful to incoming students.
With a lot of effort from both the administration and students we just might be able to make Stony Brook awesome again like it was in the 1960s when famous music acts like Jimi Hendrix knew it was the place to play.
