Lee Koppelman, a Stony Brook professor and urban planner who worked tirelessly to preserve open space, died on March 21 at Stony Brook University Hospital at the age of 94.
It was a surprise to everyone to wake up to an unwarranted winter wonderland. Mother Nature pulled the ultimate April Fool’s joke a day early, smothering the dreams of warm weather with slushy, slippery snow. I slipped once from my way back from the gym at 8:30 a.m., which was just enough times to dissuade me from the thought of attending classes.
