Emily McTavish, Author at The Statesman

College gal cooking: cookies from store-bought cake mix

Emily McTavishArtsNovember 24, 2013

Today, dear readers, I am going to blow your mind and help you maintain your budget. Let’s bake our holiday cookies with cake mix. Think about it: you do not need to buy flour, sugar, baking soda and all the other cookie-baking ingredients because it is already in the cake mix. We are going to save so much money and time this way.

Campus Spotlight: English professor granted prestigious award for first book of poems

Emily McTavishArts Top StoryNovember 6, 2013April 1, 2014

Rowan Ricardo Phillips, English professor and Director of the Poetry Center at Stony Brook University, was recently granted $50,000 from the Whiting Foundation for his first book of poetry, “The Ground,” and to continue his craft.

College gal cooking: Thanksgiving roast turkey

Emily McTavishArtsNovember 4, 2013April 1, 2014

Learn how to make a full, healthy meal of turkey and autumn vegetables, which will also make your kitchen smell a lot more like home.

College gal cooking: miniature apple pies

Emily McTavishArtsOctober 21, 2013October 21, 2013

It is beginning to feel much more like autumn here on Long Island, and this means apple season: the perfect time to make miniature apple pies right there in your dorm.

College gal cooking: Buffalo macaroni and cheese

Emily McTavishArtsSeptember 30, 2013April 1, 2014

The National Football League’s season is underway, and Stony Brook Football finally has home games. To that I say, God bless America. This buffalo macaroni and cheese can fill up any football fan or player before the Homecoming game this weekend.

Police arrest three teens in robbery case

Emily McTavishFeatured News Top StorySeptember 13, 2013September 13, 2013

Thursday, Sept. 13, 4:03 p.m.: University Police have arrested three 16-year-old individuals in relation to the recent robberies on campus.

Prominent climatologist says world is in state of carbon emergency

Emily McTavishNewsApril 23, 2013

Wallace Broecker, 81, does not want ‘father of global warming’ on his tombstone. “I’m just Wally,” he said in a press conference on Friday, April 19 before addressing Stony Brook…

The After Party sweeps USG spring elections

Emily McTavishNewsApril 13, 2013April 16, 2013

The Undergraduate Student Government election results came in last night with The After Party boasting victories in all but one category. Adil Hussain, who also ran for USG president last…

Student dies last night in off-campus home

Emily McTavishFeatured News Top StoryMarch 26, 2013

Yeju Kim, a senior chemistry student, died last night in her off-campus residence, according to a statement issued by the university. Suffolk County Police confirmed the death was non-criminal and…

Student died in East Village early Saturday morning

Emily McTavishFeatured NewsFebruary 16, 2013February 18, 2013

Jocelyn Pascucci, a sophomore marine vertebrate biology student, died early Saturday morning in the East Village, according to police.