The decision to change from Pepsi to Coke products seems to have been made without student input and has failed to take into account the convoluted history of Coca-Cola products on campus.
While the operator of the campus store will change to Follett Corporation in the coming weeks, other things will stay the same in terms of the overall buying experience for textbooks on campus. Textbooks and course materials in New York are still exempt from sales tax.
The Executive Committee of the Graduate Student Organization should take certain actions that would remedy this in the future and invite more participation from graduate students.
I wonder, if the current 136,000 alums of Stony Brook were given an opportunity to invest in their college and by extension their future selves as Alumni while they were still students, would they?
This weekend saw a blistering condemnation from the GSO and the USG in a joint statement that discussed the impact of tax reforms the affordability of higher education if this legislation gets signed by the President.
A day of metanoia might be in order. A day of reflection, learning, sharing and transformation focused around important issues confronting our Stony Brook community.
On my first stroll through the Student Activity Center- I noticed a phenomenon of higher than normal prices. For example, Oreo double stuff cookies were $8.27 on campus yet $2.50…
In a budget proposal submitted to the state legislature recently, Governor Andrew Cuomo removed a total of $12 million dollars from the Stony Brook coffers and $55 million from the…
