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Hockey smut and the search for sexual literacy

So why does smut get this type of global internet attention? Because they’re the books that are written for women, by women.

Late-game surge earns Stony Brook women’s basketball first-ever CAA playoff victory

Sports Top Story Women's BasketballMarch 10, 2023March 10, 2023

With its season on the line, the Stony Brook women’s basketball team snatched victory from the jaws of defeat, erasing a 16-point deficit to advance to the next round of…

Policelli leads Stony Brook men’s basketball to first-ever CAA postseason victory

Men's Basketball Sports Top StoryMarch 5, 2023March 6, 2023

After falling into a 14-0 hole through the first six minutes, forward Frankie Policelli willed the Stony Brook men’s basketball team to a dominant victory to advance to the next round of the playoffs.

How students are reacting to MAPS’ parking proposal

Administration News Student Life Top Story USGFebruary 21, 2023

For an hour on Wednesday, Feb. 15, a small band of students tried to make their voices heard at Stony Brook University’s West Campus fountain — nearly a week after the Mobility and Parking Services (MAPS) proposed to switch to a fully-paid parking model in August 2023.

Exclusive: CulinArt under investigation for illegal activity at Stony Brook University

Administration Breaking News Top StoryFebruary 13, 2023February 13, 2023

CulinArt used Stony Brook funds to pay employees working at other locations, misreported how much money they spent on dining hall food and avoided obligations to split their profits with the university.

Chuck Priore’s seat was never actually hot — or even warm

Football Sports Top StoryJanuary 10, 2023

In November, Stony Brook announced it had extended football head coach Chuck Priore. But the school never mentioned that Priore had actually signed a contract extension in June, months before the disastrous 2022 season even began.

Pine beetles killing thousands of trees across Suffolk County

Beyond the University 2022 Long Island News Top StoryDecember 4, 2022December 6, 2022

The plan calls for 2,000 to 5,000 pine trees to be cut starting Nov. 29 through 2023 in an effort to slow the spread of the beetle throughout the region. The SPB can kill pine trees in only two to four months before spreading to other trees.

Mass shootings can not define the South

Editorials Opinions Top StoryNovember 21, 2022November 21, 2022

#OPINION: Virginia is awful and terrifying and beautiful and welcoming. If we embrace community and simple pleasures, we can navigate our way out of this violent fascist mess.

Higher education fails to support non-traditional students

Opinions Top StoryNovember 13, 2022November 15, 2022

#OPINION: If higher education truly aims to serve as a ladder to financial independence and a rewarding career, then why aren’t the current programs welcoming and accessible to students from all backgrounds?

How Battery Park helped me connect with my family history

Editorials Opinions Top StoryNovember 1, 2022November 3, 2022

It is Oct. 23, 2022. I am crying outside Castle Clinton because in a way, this is where I was born. I have never been to Battery Park in my life. But a part was here long ago: 139 years and two weeks earlier.

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Stony Brook football features a new-look roster for 2023

Stony Brook University receives record-breaking $500 million donation

N.Y. assemblyman: Southampton campus is the “biggest slumlord” on the East End

Brookfest headliner Bryson Tiller pulls out one week before scheduled event

Elections for the Undergraduate Student Government are underway. Here’s who’s on the ballot.