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Budget Shortfalls And Hopes For The New Year

Ravneet Kamboj August 31, 2010

The past year was a tumultuous one for Stony Brook. Ups and downs in the Under Graduate Student Government, budget cuts, the closing of the Southampton campus and many more events left students and student...

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Useless Lawsuits

Ravneet Kamboj May 14, 2010

Peanut  allergies are more common now than ever before. In schools around the country special precautions are taken to ensure the safety of those students who are allergic to peanuts. These measures need...

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Tv greed

Ravneet Kamboj May 14, 2010

There is a reason that Rock the Vote, and other celebrity endorsements, exist. Like it or not, the entertainment world influences us every day.  From what clothes we buy, to what brands we drink, face...

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New Faces, Same Tune

Ravneet Kamboj May 14, 2010

So here we are in 2010, with some new members in Congress and a new President. It is evident that the faces have changed, but the same old agendas and false promises have continued. The “I promise...

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Call To Stony Brook Musicians

Ravneet Kamboj May 14, 2010

The Stony Brook campus is filled with musicians of every background and practice. Guitarists, violinists, drummers, saxophonists, drummers, and many others, all live together in the same campus. Many of...

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Earthstock: Saving The Green and Saving Us From Ourselves

Ravneet Kamboj May 6, 2010

Whether one is a conservative or liberal it is extremely hard to deny that actions we take every day affect the Earth, from driving our cars to school to not sorting out bottles into recycling in our rooms....

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Corporate Culture Destroying Lives

Ravneet Kamboj May 6, 2010

As oil leaks into the Gulf of Mexico, fishermen and members of the tourism industry are worried. They should be. Their livelihoods are on the line. As the oil edges ever-closer to the shoreline,...

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Does Stony Brook Really Suck?

Ravneet Kamboj May 3, 2010
This campus could do much more to facilitate indoor events during the winter time, holding more concerts and fun things students actually want to go to would help make the cold months a lot more bearable.
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Locking Away Hope and Money

Ravneet Kamboj April 29, 2010

The American prison system is a giant machine; it holds up to 2.2 million people and costs the nation about $60 billion a year. The United States has the largest incarceration rate in the world at about...

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In Science and Math, America is Losing Its Edge

Ravneet Kamboj April 20, 2010

The days of unquestioned American dominance over the world are over. Other countries seem to be pushing their way onto the global scene, edging America out. One reason that America seems to be losing its...

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How We Kill Our Own Troops

Ravneet Kamboj April 15, 2010

A soldier's duty is to protect his country, but whose job is it to protect these men and women when they finally come home from the horrors and stress of war. It is estimated by statistics provided by...

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A S.T.A.R.T. But Still A Ways To Go

Ravneet Kamboj April 12, 2010

Hiding under a desk. This is what our parents were taught to save them from a nuclear strike during the Cold War. At the height of the Cold War, each superpower possessed enough of a nuclear arsenal...

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