The Statesman

Why Don’t We Just Use BobbleHead Dolls?

Arielle Dollinger • March 29, 2011

“I’d basically be a figurehead,” thinks the average carefree, semi-popular college student running for USG office. After all, the all-important position would provide for yet another addendum to...

Student Violists Take the Staller Stage

Arielle Dollinger • March 21, 2011

A young violinist walks calmly onto the stage followed by a pianist who sits down at the piano and places her fingers on the keys. The violinist focuses her gaze on her sheet music and after putting...

Student Helps Catch Staller Center Thief

Arielle Dollinger • March 14, 2011

William Kennelly, freshman Business major and Benedict Hall Council President, was sleeping on the Staller steps on the beautiful afternoon of Wednesday, March 9 when he heard a woman yelling “thief!”...

MOMIX Draws Hundreds For Staller’s Free Show

Jennifer Long • March 13, 2011

MOMIX, a touring dance company made up of dancers of all ages, was set to perform its Botanica at Staller as a part of a gala event honoring the “Friends of Staller” -- people who donate large...

Movie Review: The King’s Speech (2010)

Arielle Dollinger • March 11, 2011

“Because the nation believes when I speak, I speak for them,” the king told Logue. “Yet I cannot speak!” “The King’s Speech,” written by David Seidler and directed by Tom Hooper, tells...

RockYoFaceCase Concert Series Continues

Arielle Dollinger • February 27, 2011

The second RockYoFaceCase event of the semester took place at the University Café on Feb. 21, featuring performances by three bands and a Dance Dance Revolution tournament. This Good Robot, Future...

The Art of the Nude Model

Arielle Dollinger • February 23, 2011

Growing up, most of us are taught that nudity is inherently bad; that it is completely and absolutely taboo. Allison Conley, however, believes no such thing. Conley, a senior at Stony Brook University...

RockYoFaceCase Returns

Arielle Dollinger • February 20, 2011

The RockYoFaceCase concert series at the University Cafe has officially resumed this semester, with performances by six new bands and many more to come. The Feb. 7 concert, the first of this semester’s...

Guest Conductor Leads Symphony Orchestra

Arielle Dollinger • November 22, 2010

Music has a way of penetrating the mind, heart and soul of an individual. It incites not only feelings, but also thoughts and aspirations. When the Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra took the Staller Center...

Photographer Explains Images of India

Arielle Dollinger • November 22, 2010

Art is personal. It is made up of feelings, thoughts and inner desires that one might not share with the world through a medium other than artwork. Art affects many, but is subtle enough to cause...

University Art Gallery Closes Faculty Art Exhibit

Arielle Dollinger • November 10, 2010

The mind of an artist is a labyrinth of abstract ideas, plans and aspirations. In the world of art, facts and figures are almost obsolete. Line and color stand in their places, mesmerizing and inspiring...

Campus Dining’s Open Mic Night Series Continues

Arielle Dollinger • November 3, 2010

Eclectic. Off-beat. Unique. All three words can be used to describe Stony Brook University’s Tabler Arts Center, or TAC, on Oct. 20. The TAC played host to Campus Dining’s monthly Open Mic Night,...