The Statesman

Combating bullying through peer education

Elvira Spektor • April 16, 2012

We also grabbed two slices of pizza and sat to discuss “Combating Bullying,” the theme of this year’s Northport One-Act Play Festival. Moriarty, the associate producer and sound technician of the festival, had insight on the pervasive issue of bullying. As I munched on my delicious parmesan-chicken slice of pizza, we talked about bullies, victims, and the pending anti-cyberbullying legislation in New York State.

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PUSO Modern co-director shines

Elvira Spektor • March 12, 2012

And five...six…seven…eight. A puddle of sweat accumulates on his forehead. The dull ticking clock strikes 2 a.m. They aren’t even close to being ready. He gestures at the DJ. Again.

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Stony Brook theater arts alum wins an Oscar

Elvira Spektor • March 5, 2012

He wore a single-breasted Brooks Brothers tuxedo. It was very Hollywood, perfectly peppered with old-school class. He looked like a character from “The Artist”. And, as of last Sunday, he was the proud owner of an Academy Award for his work on that very movie.

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Students heart Hart: Kevin Hart rocks Stony

Elvira Spektor • February 6, 2012

Ke-vin! Ke-vin! Ke-vin! It was almost half-past nine, and Stony Brook students were through looking at the empty golden stage. They wanted Hart. On Jan. 31, Kevin Hart came to Stony Brook’s Staller...

Extremely powerful & incredibly impactful

Elvira Spektor • January 30, 2012

It’s a story about a boy. A boy who lost his dad in the World Trade Center collapse of Sept. 11, 2001. It is not a documentary, historical reenactment or overdramatic montage of what 9-year-old protagonist...

Sinbad incites side-splitting giggles in audience

Elvira Spektor • November 21, 2011

It was roughly 8:20 p.m. when Sinbad finally took Staller's center stage. He slid into the spotlight, his black pants and a translucent cerulean blue shirt helping to light up his smile. He dominated that...

An interview with Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl

Elvira Spektor • October 20, 2011

Elvira Spektor, A&E Editor got the exclusive interview with The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger members, Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl.

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Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger performance haunts campus

Elvira Spektor • October 20, 2011

Sean Lennon is the son of Beatles musical icon John Lennon and artistic legend Yoko Ono. On stage, he looks like a magician. And, like any good magician, he is able to transfix a skeptical audience into his illusion and pull out a following.

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Hooligans in Wondaland 2011 Come to Stony Brook

Elvira Spektor • May 11, 2011

It was a few minutes before show time, and the performance was about to begin. Strangely, I was not excited. I had been at the Sports Complex since before 5 p.m. and, as much as I dreamed of being...

Burn Center Patient Burns Up Time with Xbox

Elvira Spektor • May 5, 2011

Devin Stinsman is no angel. He is 4’8' and lanky like a string bean. He has dirty blonde hair and curious brown eyes. He always has a “devilish look” in those eyes, his mother, Dee Stinsman, says. Devin...

According to Elle: RIP Bathroom Graffiti

Elvira Spektor • April 4, 2011

The Stony Brook community lost a loved one this Friday: The graffiti on the walls of the Ladies Room in the first floor of the Melville Library. I came into the restroom this past Friday and was tired,...

Music From the Heart: Stony Brook Students Rock for a Cure

Elvira Spektor • March 13, 2011

Picture this: a rock concert; a miniature mosh pit; a swarm of firefly-green glow sticks bending in the crowd; a Wednesday night; a girl whipping her hair back and forth on guy’s shoulders; s slow, in-sync...