The Statesman

USG releases 2024 election results

Viyang Hao and Sky Crabtree • April 9, 2024

The election results from the 2024 Undergraduate Student Government (USG) Election are now out.

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Faculty pen open letter calling for accountability after arrests

Sky Crabtree, Assistant News Editor • April 9, 2024

A group of faculty members have authored an open letter to the Stony Brook administration, accusing the University of criminalizing free speech and peaceful protest.

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SJP confronts McInnis during University Senate meeting

Viyang Hao, USG Beat Reporter • April 5, 2024

The University Senate held its monthly meeting on Monday, April 1 where in addition to its regular agenda, students and faculty voiced their concerns about the University’s arrests of Stony Brook...

Nine demonstrators arrested during pro-Palestine protest

Sky Crabtree, Assistant News Editor • March 27, 2024

What started as a relatively standard protest on Stony Brook University’s campus on Tuesday, March 26 ended with nine individuals arrested after a sit-in demonstration at the University’s Administration...

Stony Brook alum arrested for participating in Jan. 6 Capitol riot

Sky Crabtree, Assistant News Editor • March 20, 2024

Isabella DeLuca, a Stony Brook University alumna and conservative social media influencer, was arrested Friday for playing an alleged role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. DeLuca was taken into...

USG’s special election has concluded — here’s what’s changing

Sky Crabtree, Assistant News Editor • March 5, 2024

The results are in for the recent special election held by Stony Brook University’s Undergraduate Student Government (USG). All four constitutional amendments put up for vote have passed, with...

Panel discussion explores reporting on a polarized election

Sky Crabtree, Assistant News Editor • March 1, 2024

On Thursday, Feb. 22, Stony Brook University’s School of Communication and Journalism (SoCJ) hosted a panel discussion with the Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives that covered how journalists and news outlets can best report on the upcoming 2024 presidential election at a time of great polarization in the United States.

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Preparing for the pageant: Belleza Universal 2024

Sonya Gugliara, News Editor • February 25, 2024

In the weeks leading up to the Latin American Student Organization’s (LASO) annual Belleza Universal pageant, 10 energized and talented contestants reflect on their pageant preparation experiences. Belleza...

USG votes to reinstate Judicial Board

Viyang Hao and Sky Crabtree • February 13, 2024

The Stony Brook Undergraduate Student Government (USG) Senate passed the Judicial Board Amendment, which will reintroduce the Judicial Board to USG, in a Senate meeting on Thursday, February 8.

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USG continues to debate Judicial Board

Viyang Hao, USG Beat Reporter • February 4, 2024

The Undergraduate Student Government (USG) Senate discussed in detail this week what the Judicial Board will look like if approved by the Senate. USG President Devin Lobosco explained the first draft of the Judicial Board’s bylaws, encouraging the Senate to take their time combing through the details.

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USG considers reintroducing judicial board

Viyang Hao, USG Beat Reporter • February 4, 2024

In its first meeting of the spring semester, the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) Senate discussed amending its Constitution to reintroduce a branch called the Judicial Board. In the past, clubs have expressed to the USG that they felt it was unjust for the Senate to hear appeals from clubs when it was the same body that gave the first decision to the clubs.

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SJP holds pro-Palestine demonstration

Sky Crabtree and Mariam Ismail • January 30, 2024

Protests of the Israel-Hamas conflict at Stony Brook University resumed after the winter break on Thursday, Jan. 25, when a group of pro-Palestinian students and faculty gathered at the Administration building to protest the ongoing conflict and loss of life in Gaza.

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