Andrew Zajic, Author at The Statesman

A Low Turnout for the Death of Public Education

Andrew ZajicNewsApril 27, 2010January 29, 2011

Students held a funeral at Stony Brook University’s West Campus on Wednesday, But the black coffin was not meant for a person. With more than five eulogies, the sound of…

A Miscalculation of the Lazy Worker

Andrew ZajicNewsApril 25, 2010January 29, 2011

How can math boil down how lazy workers want to work? Researchers at Stony Brook University turned workplace-scheduling problems inside out by studying how a “lazy” worker would manage his…

After a Year Gone, I-CON Returns Home

Andrew ZajicNewsMarch 15, 2010January 5, 2011

The biggest sci-fi convention in the northeast United States boomeranged back to Stony Brook University, two Saturdays ago. I-CON, a campus-wide convention of science fiction of both fact and fantasy,…

Bioterror: When An Antidote Can Strike Back

Andrew ZajicNewsFebruary 15, 2010June 18, 2010

One gram of botulism neurotoxin has the potential to kill millions of people. Stony Brook University and Brookhaven National Labs are working together, for the first time, to create an…

Residents Want Cell Service Without The Eyesore

Andrew ZajicNewsFebruary 11, 2010May 16, 2010

After his Toyota died on the curvy and rural North Country Road, Jay Holtzman eyeballed the dead signal on his cell phone. With his phone in a reception coma, he…

Stony Brook All But Commits to a South Korean Campus

Aisha L. Breland-Henry & Andrew ZajicNewsOctober 22, 2009

Beginning in the fall of 2011, Stony Brook students may have the option of enrolling in classes at the latest addition to the university’s growing collection of satellite locales: a brand new campus in Songdo, South Korea.

Senate Joins Assembly in Overriding Pataki’s Higher Ed Cuts

Aisha L. Breland-Henry & Andrew ZajicUncategorizedMay 5, 2006

After weeks of discontent among students over the governor’s veto of adequate higher education spending, the New York State Senate voted yesterday to reinstate these formerly-proposed cuts. “This year’s legislative budget is the best budget we’ve seen for higher education in many years with restorations and enhancements to financial aid programs as well as increased funding for the state’s colleges and universities,” said Miriam Kramer, Government Policy Analyst for NYPIRG.