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New York Times misconstrued students’ role in professor’s dismissal

Opinions Top StoryOctober 16, 2022October 17, 2022

#OPINION: The students of NYU were falsely depicted as lazy and entitled. Jones’ firing and the reaction to it reveal that educators must take a greater responsibility for their students’ success.

We need to treat election polls with skepticism

Election Day 2022 OpinionsOctober 16, 2022October 27, 2022

Public opinion polling is a staple of elections. It’s plastered onto cable news, newspapers and social media, making it hard to escape hearing about poll results. While it’s fine to survey…

Ranked choice voting can solve the two-party system’s issues

Election Day 2022 OpinionsOctober 16, 2022October 27, 2022

#OPINION: For a capitalist country that promotes choice in its consumers, the lack of choice in our nation’s representatives should be causing outrage across the aisle. New York stands to benefit from an alternative political system called ranked-choice voting (RCV), which can offer solutions to the state’s problems.

NFL’s concussion issues continue with Tua Tagovailoa

OpinionsOctober 11, 2022October 21, 2022

#OPINION: The most recent issue to befall the NFL regards their concussion protocol, and it is well warranted. It is past time for the NFL to make a change in order to protect their players.

“Don’t Worry Darling” continues to romanticize bad men

OpinionsOctober 11, 2022October 11, 2022

#OPINION: “Don’t Worry Darling” was one of the most highly-anticipated movies of 2022. While this movie attempted to fall within the “good for her” subgenre, its failure to follow through on critical themes prevented it from having a major feminist impact.

Efforts to ban books are working, but why?

OpinionsOctober 3, 2022October 4, 2022

#OPINION: In the past two years, there has been a social movement instigated by lawmakers, right-wing media, conservative parents and Christian nationalists to challenge books that tackle LGBTQ+ issues, racism, race and sexual assault.

Sloth Encounters needs to permanently close

OpinionsOctober 3, 2022October 4, 2022

#OPINION: What could possibly be malicious about a petting zoo for sloths? Sloth Encounters was ordered to temporarily close on September 15 due to being ticketed with the possession of wild animals, which violates the code of the Town of Islip.

From the archives: Colonial legacies – Columbus Day and diversity at Stony Brook

ArchivesOctober 2, 2022November 11, 2022

A central part of history today is looking at the events of the past with a magnifying glass. While events like Columbus’ expedition to the New World opened a path to cross-world connections, it also led to the relocation and extermination of indigenous groups.

Nostalgia: tricking our memories and media

Arts Culture OpinionsSeptember 30, 2022

#OPINION: CM Punk’s berating of his colleagues and backstage political strife got me thinking — given his history of conflict and displeasure in his former company, why bring Punk back to the squared circle in the first place? The answer is simple: nostalgia.

OPINION: Cable TV is the past; streaming is the future

OpinionsSeptember 25, 2022September 25, 2022

#OPINION: Streaming services now provide a wider variety of entertainment compared to cable, cater better to the busy schedules of today’s younger populations and are also producing better quality television due to higher budgets.

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Mass shootings can not define the South

From the Archives: SBU Black studies program displayed in Boston Museum of Fine Arts

Want to defend reproductive rights? Then legalize sex work.

Higher education fails to support non-traditional students

Affirmative Action needs to survive