Nelson Oliveira, Author at The Statesman

Classes resume as snow removal continues

Nelson OliveiraNewsFebruary 13, 2013March 11, 2013

Huge mounds of snow, slippery walkways and limited parking sports were some of the things students found at Stony Brook University as all classes and campus activities resumed this Tuesday,…

Health insurance on the rise for students

Nelson OliveiraNewsFebruary 4, 2013February 4, 2013

Students who use Stony Brook University’s health insurance returned this semester to see a 27 percent increase on their bill.

Congressman Bishop retains seat for N.Y.’s first district

Nelson OliveiraNewsNovember 14, 2012February 13, 2013

After a fiercely fought race, Democrat Representative Tim Bishop beat Republican businessman Randy Altschuler by more than 11,000 votes last week to win his sixth term in New York’s 1st…

Sandy causes damage across campus

Nelson OliveiraNewsNovember 4, 2012February 14, 2013

Although Stony Brook University did not see the worst of Hurricane Sandy earlier this week, the storm knocked down many trees and power lines on campus, broke windows, and caused…

Altschuler and Bishop visit SBU campus

Nelson OliveiraNewsOctober 15, 2012February 22, 2013

Democratic Representative Tim Bishop and his Republican challenger Randy Altschuler answered challenging and controversial questions from students on Thursday, Oct. 11, when the two visited Stony Brook University during two…

Habib’s stay of removal renewed

Nelson OliveiraNewsOctober 8, 2012February 26, 2013

Nadia Habib, an undocumented Stony Brook University student who faced deportation to Bangladesh last year, was granted another stay of removal last week, which will allow her to remain in…

Nadia Habib seeks to renew stay of removal

Nelson OliveiraNewsOctober 1, 2012February 26, 2013

Nadia Habib, an undocumented Stony Brook University student who faced deportation to Bangladesh a year ago, has an appointment at the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement this Monday, Oct. 1, to…

SBU ranked 92nd best U.S. college

Nelson OliveiraNewsSeptember 24, 2012March 6, 2013

Stony Brook University has attained its highest ranking in the annual top 100 list of national universities since the list began to be published in 2004, according to the 2013…

Police blotter

Nelson OliveiraSeptember 5, 2012

During the past two months, University Police responded to about 30 reports of larceny, more than 15 reports of harassment and eight reports of people leaving the scene of an…

Student arrested for assault

Nelson OliveiraNewsApril 16, 2012September 23, 2013

A male resident student was arrested after he punched another male student in the face and broke his nose at around 2 a.m. on March 30 at Dewey College.