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Students section at the the Stony Brook Football 2019 home opener on Aug. 29. EMMA HARRIS/THE STATESMAN

Funding, attendance issues at the core as Stony Brook Athletics shoots for national recognition

Jeremy Portnoy October 10, 2021
The Stony Brook athletics program is one made up of contradictions. Its athletes have taken home a slew of awards, but they play for a student body that is largely apathetic towards those accomplishments.
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This year's annual Sex and Relationship's issue featured volunteer models representing the diversity of Stony Brook University in terms of race, sexuality and gender identity. ARACELY JIMENEZ/THE STATESMAN

Editorial: Why we stand behind the Sex and Relationships Issue

The Editorial Board February 19, 2017
The Sex and Relationships Issue is a staple of our newspaper. We are here to act as a voice for our campus community, for faculty and students alike.
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"Seawolves Town" will bring new tailgating experience to SBU

“Seawolves Town” will bring new tailgating experience to SBU

Kunal Kohli August 29, 2015
The east side of LaValle Stadium’s parking lot will become “the prime tailgating location during Seawolves football game days,” according to a news release from Athletics.
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Athletics eyes big future with “Together We Transform”

Cameron Boon June 30, 2015
SBU Athletic Director Shawn Heilbron, along with the rest of Stony Brook Athletics, unveiled their “Together We Transform” plan to further develop the athletics department.
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo submitted 184 vetoes on the 2015-2016 State Budget. Two of these applied to Stony Brook University, rejecting funding to Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium and a proposed indoor practice facility and exam center.  PHOTO CREDIT: GOVERNOR'S PRESS OFFICE

Developing: Gov. Andrew Cuomo vetoes budget for stadium project

Cameron Boon April 13, 2015
Of the 184 vetoes Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued pertaining to facets of the 2015-2016 Enacted Budget, two items in relation to Stony Brook University were vetoed.
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Game-day parking at LaValle Stadium lot now requires season pass

Elsie Boskamp September 9, 2014
Stony Brook University’s Athletics Department has initiated a new parking protocol for the 2014 football season. Game-day parking at the LaValle Stadium lot will now require a season parking pass.
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Amanda Gambacarto, a member of Alpha Sigma Alpha, passed away following an accident at Wall Stadium Speedway in New Jersey on Aug. 16, 2014. (PHOTO CREDIT: ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA  - ZETA LOTA CHAPTER)

Student Amanda Gambacorto, 21, dies following accident at Wall Stadium Speedway

Kelly Zegers August 17, 2014
Stony Brook University student Amanda Gambarcorto, 21, died yesterday afternoon after crashing a three-quarter midget racecar at Wall Stadium Speedway in New Jersey.
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Student media faces a breakdown in communication with most media relations sources on campus. YOON SEO NAM/STATESMAN FILE

Editorial: media relations should be more transparent

The Editorial Board October 22, 2013
Rarely do most public universities have public relations as sophisticated as those of Stony Brook University. The typical university might market their news and events through student workers overseen by an administrator a scant few years older than their staff. If the university has a little more oomph to its name, it might even entrust a PR firm to handle what media presence they might have.
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