Nearly half of all Americans have a sleep disorder, says sleep expert Lisa Endee. “Americans think that not getting enough sleep is part of a normal culture,” Endee said. She is the clinical program coordinator at Stony Brook University’s sleep-testing center.

Parking enforcement is out in full force during the first week of classes. Parking tickets were given most frequently during the first two weeks of last semester, including 398 on the first day of classes last fall. This was over five times the number of tickets given on an average day during the year, according to the university parking records.

Most climate scientists agree that human contributions are warming the earth, which is having a major effect on marine life. Researchers are working to combat these changes and inform the public at Stony Brook University’s new Marine Sciences Center in Southampton.