The Statesman is a student newspaper serving Stony Brook University. It was founded in the fall of 1957 as the Sucolian, for the “State University Campus On Long Island” at Oyster Bay, which was the university’s name and location until 1962. The name was changed to The Statesman in February 1958. The Statesman Association was incorporated as a non-profit organization in 1975. The paper is funded by both advertising and the Stony Brook University Undergraduate Student Government (USG). The Statesman is editorially independent from Stony Brook University and USG.
New stories are published online Monday through Friday. Pre-pandemic, a print issue was published every Monday during the academic year and distributed to on-campus locations, the Stony Brook University Hospital and more than 70 off-campus locations. The newspaper is currently only printing special issues.
The Statesman and its editors have been recognized for their work by the Society for Professional Journalists, Newsday, the Martin Buskin Committee for Campus Journalism and the Society for News Design, among other organizations. Many of its editors have gone on to enjoy distinguished careers in journalism.
Correction Policy
The Statesman‘s policy is to promptly correct all factual errors and clarify confusing statements. If a story is corrected after being published online, a note will be made at the end of the story. Style and grammar errors are exempt, as determined by managing editors. If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected].
Comment Policy
Comments are welcomed and encouraged on this site, but they are subject to moderation. Comments deemed to be spam or questionable spam will be deleted–comments and any links must be relevant. Comments including profanity will be subject to moderation and those containing language or concepts that could be deemed offensive will not be posted, nor will comments that attack a person individually.
The Statesman reserves the right to delete comments without notice. This comment policy is subject to change at any time. If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected].
Our offices are located at:
Stony Brook University
307F Student Activities Center
(P.O. Box 1530)
Stony Brook, NY 11790
Editorial Board: (631) 632-6479
Advertising Department: (631) 632-6480
Administration
Brianne Ledda, Editor-in-Chief
Melissa Azofeifa, Managing Editor
Alexa Anderwkavich, Managing Editor
Gabby Pardo, Managing Editor
News
Alek Lewis, News Editor
Maya Brown, Assistant News Editor
Claudia Motley, Assistant News Editor
Niki Nassiri, Assistant News Editor
Arts & Culture
Lajiere Blake, Arts & Culture Editor
Amaya McDonald, Assistant Arts & Culture Editor
Multimedia
Sara Ruberg, Multimedia Editor
Rabia Gursoy, Assistant Multimedia Editor
Will Shewan, Graphic Design Intern
Amber Lewis, Video Intern
Jocelyn Cruz, Social Media Editor
Annisha Wazed, Social Media Intern
Katherine Procacci, Social Media Intern
Juliana Slocum, Podcast Editor
Timothy Giorlando, Assistant Podcast Editor
Gabriel Chang, Podcast Intern
Simon Kang, Podcast Intern
Laurie Wang, Podcast Intern
Jennifer Choi, Podcast Intern
Justin Burns, Podcast Intern
Khushi Bist, Podcast Intern
Melanie Navarro, Podcast Intern
Minal Chawla, Podcast Intern
Opinions
Cindy Mizaku, Opinions Editor
Fanni Frankl, Assistant Opinions Editor
Sam Lauria, Assistant Opinions Editor
Steven Keehner, Assistant Opinions Editor
Sports
Ethan Tam, Sports Editor
Copy
Karla Rios, Copy Chief
Sam Savvides, Assistant Copy Chief
Madison Lambert, Assistant Copy Chief
Audience Engagement
Stephanie Mach, Audience Engagement Editor
Business
Francis Saw, Business Manager
Jaina Zhang, Marketing Intern
Jen Goldberg, Marketing Intern
Technology
Crystal Huang, Technical Supervisor
Jeffrey Zhong, Web Intern
Archives
Peter Lupfer, Archivist
Kelcie Eberharth, Assistant Archivist