The Statesman

Stony Brook men’s basketball rides Maidoh’s career night to third-straight win

Nayden Villorente • December 14, 2023

A career night from center Chris Maidoh helped the Stony Brook men’s basketball team mount another comeback victory. The Seawolves (5-5) hosted the Norfolk State Spartans (7-4) on Wednesday night...

Stony Brook football hosts No. 21/22 Delaware for opening night showdown

Anthony DiCocco • August 30, 2023

The Seawolves are set to open their season at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium this Thursday at 7 p.m. against the Delaware Blue Hens in a Coastal Athletic Association matchup. Stony Brook finished last season at the bottom of the CAA standings.

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“It is a kind of mass social psychosis”: SBU professors react to invasion of the U.S. Capitol

Maya Brown and Claudia Motley • January 14, 2021

“You hear the interviews, hear the depths or the breaths of the anger based online," Robert Chase, a history professor, said. "I think that at some point, a country has to have a national reckoning over truth.”

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ICE rolls back changes after student and university backlash

Maya Brown • July 13, 2020

The changes, which were rolled back on July 14, would have forced students to leave their university if they did not take any classes in-person.

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Campus residents question the future

Melissa Azofeifa • March 16, 2020

Resident students on campus are wondering if they should pack their bags and go home as Stony Brook University transitions to online-only courses in an effort to contain COVID-19. Although the university...

It’s time to give it up for Cyber Monday — and give up on Black Friday

James Bowen • November 24, 2019

The glass doors are the ring, the customers are the bull and the employees pointing to the 50% off signs are the bullfighters waving their red flags. But instead of getting impaled by horns — it's the heels of a stampede of customers that will deliver the killer blow — literally.

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Shows like “The Politician” educate viewers on pressing issues through satire

Xenia Gonikberg • November 10, 2019

While there are elements of high school drama, like cliques and bullying, it also provides insight into the mind of a politician on Capitol Hill

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We need affirmative action to distribute equal opportunities to students

Sarah Tantawy • October 27, 2019

Affirmative action is a policy in which an individual's color, race, sex, religion or national origin are taken into account to provide opportunities for underrepresented groups in society. We see this policy at play in many different facets of people’s lives

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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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