Viola Flowers, Author at The Statesman

Looking for love? New study shows Tinder might be the way to go (or not)

Sonya Gugliara & Viola FlowersNews Sex and Relationships 2023March 26, 2023March 26, 2023

Ever wonder what the guy on Tinder’s real intentions are but are too afraid to ask? The Statesman did the work so you don’t have to. We matched with 100 guys on Tinder. Here’s what we found.

Graduate students hand deliver grievances to Stony Brook president’s office

Viola FlowersAdministration News Top StoryApril 25, 2022April 26, 2022

Members of the Stony Brook Graduate Student Employees Union hand-delivered a letter of grievances to the president’s office on April 21, gathering in the administration building at 1 p.m. for a grade-in to continue their Living Wage Campaign.

International panelists deliver teach-in on Ukraine at Stony Brook University

Viola FlowersNewsMarch 27, 2022

Alexander Orlov, Stony Brook professor of material science and chemical engineering, held his mother close in his heart as he participated in the Ukraine teach-in panel on March 23, thinking of the war waging outside of her front door in Ukraine.

Stony Brook student to aid Ukrainian refugees over spring break

Viola FlowersNews Student LifeMarch 10, 2022April 18, 2022

Stony Brook students, faculty and staff gathered in the Student Activities Center on Wednesday, March 9 from noon to 2 p.m. to donate supplies to Ukrainian refugees at a drive organized by Thomas Brinkley, a sophomore biology major.

The results are in: 2022 Sex and Relationships Survey

Maria Lynders, Niki Nassiri, Viola Flowers & Lori SaxenaNews Sex and Relationships 2022March 6, 2022March 7, 2022

The Statesman got down and dirty with readers for the 2022 Sex and Relationships Special Issue. We asked students in an anonymous sex survey about everything and over 150 of you ripped off the covers and told us your secrets under the sheets.

SBU athletes protest playoff ban; rally planned for tonight

Viola Flowers & Ethan TamSports Top StoryFebruary 23, 2022February 23, 2022

Stony Brook University student-athletes are uniting to overturn America East’s decision to bar them from competing in the conference playoffs, which was announced on Feb. 21. They plan to hold a demonstration during tonight’s women’s basketball game.

Stony Brook’s Mall Walkers Club returns

Viola FlowersLong Island NewsFebruary 9, 2022

The Stony Brook Mall Walkers program, co-sponsored by Stony Brook University Hospital and Smith Haven Mall, relaunched on Jan. 26 with roughly 30 participants.

SBU professor and founder of Turkana Basin Institute Richard Leakey dies at 77

Viola FlowersNews ObituariesJanuary 7, 2022January 7, 2022

Richard E. Leakey died on Jan. 2, at 77 years old in Nairobi, Kenya, leaving behind an extensive paleoanthropology and conservationist career as a Stony Brook professor in the Department of Anthropology and founder of the Turkana Basin Institute.

Deborah F. Stanley, SUNY Oswego president, appointed SUNY interim chancellor

Niki Nassiri & Viola FlowersAdministration News Top StoryDecember 22, 2021December 22, 2021

The State University of New York Board of Trustees announced on Dec. 20 that Deborah F. Stanley, president of SUNY at Oswego, will act as interim chancellor in place of Jim Malatras following his resignation.

Petition to ban Turning Point USA unsuccessful, chapter is approved

Viola FlowersNewsDecember 5, 2021

Turning Point USA has been officially recognized as an organization on campus, despite the Stony Brook Progressive Coalition’s online petition to bar the chapter from being recognized by the University.