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Letter to the Editor: Why Stony Brook needs the Student Activity Fee

Letter to the Editor: Why Stony Brook needs the Student Activity Fee

Letter to the Editor April 19, 2016
SBU needs the fee because it funds the clubs/organizations and events that make SBU what it is. It provides support to organizations that bring the community together.
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Letter to the Editor: Pikiell predicted greatness four years ago

Letter to the Editor: Pikiell predicted greatness four years ago

Letter to the Editor March 29, 2016
Recently, I had one of those sports thrills that don’t happen often. But when they do, they are very memorable.
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Letter to the Editor: SBU failed to timely notify campus of blizzard

Letter to the Editor: SBU failed to timely notify campus of blizzard

Letter to the Editor January 27, 2016
I saw an email from you on Thursday saying that residents could move in on Friday. There was a little problem: You sent me that email at 9:41 p.m.
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Letter to the Editor: Tobacco plan is disrespectful and unnecessary

Letter to the Editor: Tobacco plan is disrespectful and unnecessary

Letter to the Editor November 10, 2015
It certainly would be nice to know why the Administration finds this particular bit of unreasonable prohibitionism so incredibly necessary.
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Letter to the Editor: A scientists defense of specimen collecting

Letter to the Editor: A scientist’s defense of specimen collecting

Letter to the Editor October 19, 2015
It is important to explain why scientists believe that this kind of regulated specimen collection is not only justified, but ultimately beneficial to the species themselves.
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Letter to the Editor: Stony Brook is expanding everything but parking

Letter to the Editor September 30, 2015
Granted, I understand Stony Brook's need to grow with student population, faculty and staff. Don't you think the accommodations should reflect that as well?
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Letter to the Editor: After SBU-hosted debate, Atheist and Christian team up to defend free speech

Letter to the Editor: After SBU-hosted debate, Atheist and Christian team up to “defend free speech”

Letter to the Editor May 15, 2015
"It’s not often an atheist and a Christian...can be brought into agreement by a group in the audience. But the GQA at SBU has managed to do that."
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Letter to the Editor: Administration a bigger disappointment than Horowitz

Letter to the Editor: Administration a bigger disappointment than Horowitz

Letter to the Editor May 5, 2015
On Wednesday, April 22, 2015, I walked out of the notorious David Horowitz event on the brink of pulling out my hair in frustration.
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Letter to the Editor: Hate speech requires transparency

Letter to the Editor April 30, 2015
We at the Stony Brook University Graduate Queer Alliance (GQA) believe that a university should provide an open forum for controversial ideas to be discussed and debated.
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Letter to the Editor: The Statesman failed to cover LGBTQ services

Letter to the Editor April 21, 2015
The 40th Anniversary Celebration was a huge moment in history for the LGBTQ* community at Stony Brook University and one The Statesman should have prioritized.
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There is more than enough unallocated funds to give to all of the clubs that were at the senate meeting on Thursday, and then some. I think USG needs to realize that we are not a business.  PHOTO CREDIT: STONYBROOKUSG.ORG

Letter to the Editor: Student Activity Fee needs to benefit students

The Statesman April 13, 2015
"I was very outspoken at this meeting about my issues with this budget and it is my opinion that it is the absolute worst budget to be approved by the Senate in recent years."
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Letter to the editor: on the role of RSP

The Statesman March 4, 2014
I have not ever written a response to an article in the Statesman, even though I regularly read it. However after reading Alexandra Miller’s article, “RSP needs to pivot to providing safety to commuters,” I felt I had to respond. As a member of the Residential Safety Program for the past three years, I am well-versed in our policies and procedures as well as our function within the university at large.
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