2008 Woodie Awards
Vote Absentee
Oil is hitting record highs of 120 per barrel, gas prices are climbing toward the 4 per gallon mark, and everyone is feeling the pinch. This leaves politicians scrambling to be the ones that propose a solution. With the presidential election in its constant state of being 'right around the corner', we've gotten to see plenty of empty political pandering across the board. (0) comments
The theory of evolution is arguably the most misunderstood theory in all of science. In a recent poll conducted by USA Today, it was found that almost half of Americans (47%) believe that evolution is either definitely or probably not true. But almost all scientists (95%) believe the theory to be either definitely or most likely true. (9) comments
To the editor, I'd like to take a moment to respond to Jonathan Hirsts' Opinion piece from the April 21st Statesman. Jonathan criticized the campus media's role in covering the USG Senate meetings as "Pathetic". I can't speak for the print media, but for the last two years, SBU-TV, the student-run campus television station on Channel 20, has recorded and broadcast the majority of Senate meetings. (0) comments
For a course on global warming at Stony Brook University, our semester-long project was to analyze a published set of data concerning climate change. The class was divided into different groups and each group was given an article to analyze. The figure that our team had was concerning the trend of major hurricanes and was published by Stanley B. (4) comments
Coming out of high school I wanted to be a physicist. I was ready to dye my hair grey and let it grow in an unkempt manner. I was ready to question the world under a tree and have a gravitational constant knock me on the head. I was ready to make my contribution to the physical world. (0) comments
