The Statesman

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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Show Review: ‘The Young Pope’

Ryan Williams • January 22, 2017

“The Young Pope” has enough intrigue to become the newest and potentially weirdest entry into prestige television.

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Hulu goes back in time with “11.22.63″

Ryan Williams • February 2, 2016

Based off Stephen King’s novel 11/22/63, Hulu’s latest series blends time travel and conspiracy theories surrounding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

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Next on Netflix: A look at the show “Narcos”

Ryan Williams • September 14, 2015

Netflix's latest effort, “Narcos,” is poised to fill the crime drama niche that has strangely been absent among Netflix’s original lineup.

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Turnt down for this

Kate Valerio • March 10, 2015

The stories of a promiscuous spring break down in Florida or barefoot nights on the beach in Costa Rica only exist in Mary-Kate and Ashley movies and country songs.

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A spring break poem

Joseph Konig • March 10, 2015

This poem, reflective of the feelings of The Konig Kolumn's author toward Stony Brook University's Spring Break, appeared as a feature in The Statesman's first-ever Spring Break Issue.

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Theater of War presents reading of Socrates’ “Ajax” at Stony Brook

Liam Wallace • March 9, 2015

An audience settled into the Student Activities Center Auditorium on Wednesday to see a staged reading of a nearly 2,500-year-old Greek tragedy, Sophocles’ “Ajax.”

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