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Certificate program aims to enhance diversity skills

Rabia Gursoy October 23, 2019
The Office of Multicultural Affairs is taking new steps to promote diversity on campus with a certificate program for undergraduate students called the Social Justice League (SJL).
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Members of Stony Brook's LGBTQ* community are trying to create an all-inclusive Greek-lettered organization to campus. They intend for the organization to be inclusive to all genders, sexualities and races.  HEATHER KHALIFA/STATESMAN FILE

LGBTQ* Services to see multipurpose workspace in West Side Dining

Evelin Mercedes September 18, 2017
LGBTQ* Services has secured a multipurpose workspace on the second floor of West Side Dining to serve as a safe space for all students.
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It was announced on Jan. 20, 2017 via email that Dean of Students Timothy Ecklund, above, had left Stony brook University.  MEGAN MILLER /STATESMAN FILE

Editorial: SBU students deserve the truth on Dean Ecklund’s departure

The Editorial Board January 29, 2017
University policy should not be used as means to camouflage information. It is the right of the student body to understand why Dean Ecklund left.
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October deadlines: 2016 general election

October deadlines: 2016 general election

The Editorial Board October 2, 2016
As election day approaches, it is vital we ensure that every student that can vote does.
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Transgender students face obstacles on campus

Transgender students face obstacles on campus

Kelly Saberi January 22, 2016
Choosing a new name is a big step for transgender or gender nonconforming students, but changing names on university rosters and email addresses can be a difficult process.
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The super moon lunar eclipse on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015. Multiple viewing events were organized, and students crowded the baseball field for a chance to see the moon up close through a telescope. MANJU SHIVACHARAN/THE STATESMAN

Stony Brook witnesses the supermoon lunar eclipse

Taylor Ha September 29, 2015
Crowds congregated on the rooftop of the Earth and Space Sciences building to witness a rare phenomenon last Sunday night—a supermoon in combination with a lunar eclipse.
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Who you need to know at Stony Brook

The Statesman April 23, 2015
With over 20,000 graduate and undergraduate students, trying to find your niche as an incoming student can be a pretty difficult feat—but this list will make it easier.
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A screenshot of a 2002 article on Polity's decertification.

ARCHIVES: Polity Decertified as Governing Body: Bickering Between Council and Senate Finally Leads to Organization’s Demise (2002)

October 21, 2002
The experiment that was dubbed “receivership” is now over, as Student Polity Association (SPA) has been decertified. The dissolution of SPA has left in its wake a moderately intrigued, though cautious, student body and a Polity Senate shocked and scrambling to regroup.
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