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U.S. President Donald Trump at a presentation ceremony for the Commander-in-Chief Trophy at the White House on April 15.(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Having an official language as a “melting pot”

Jenna Zaza, Managing Editor April 24, 2025

On March 1, President Donald J. Trump issued a new executive order designating English as the official language of the United States. The order strongly...

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The art of the dying library

Sarah Chaudhry, Assistant Arts & Culture Editor February 23, 2025

Project 2025, proposed by the conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation, serves as a model for the 2024 Republican nominee and now president...

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Turning Point protest at Stony Brook Univeristy on Sept. 12,2021.  TIM GIORLANDO/ THE STATESMAN

Petition to ban Turning Point USA unsuccessful, chapter is approved

Viola Flowers December 5, 2021
Turning Point USA has been officially recognized as an organization on campus, despite the Stony Brook Progressive Coalition’s online petition to bar the chapter from being recognized by the University.
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SUNY and President Stanley oppose removal of affirmative action guidelines

Gary Ghayrat July 21, 2018
The SUNY Board of Trustees said that it “resoundingly decries and opposes” the Trump administration’s removal of Obama-era school guidelines in a statement released on July 5.
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