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The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho has sold more than 150 million copies, won 115 international awards and prizes and has been translated to more than 80 languages. ERIC SCHMID/THE STATESMAN

Book Review: The Alchemist

Andrew Goldstein • January 29, 2017
“The Alchemist” is a wonderful metaphor for college, graduate school or any step we make toward achieving our goals.
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Why We Broke Up y ___ ___ . BENJAMIN WALLIN/THE STATESMAN

Book review: ‘Why We Broke Up’ by Daniel Handler

Andrew Goldstein • December 4, 2016
Beautifully illustrated and poetic, “Why We Broke Up” is a sweet story we could all appreciate.
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Hand completing a multiple choice exam.

It’s OK to fail

Andrew Goldstein • November 10, 2016
It’s so easy, in a pressure cooker school like Stony Brook, to feel depressed, pessimistic and gross when these grades show up on our Blackboard and stare at us.
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Making resolutions: Don’t bite off more than you can chew

Andrew Goldstein • October 9, 2016
They would always explain that if we take more difficult goals we tend to give up more easily. If we make things bite sized, we make it to our end goal step by step.
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Dont complain. Talk.

Don’t complain. Talk.

Andrew Goldstein • September 29, 2016
Compliment someone on their clothing. Ask someone for book recommendations. Offer free hugs. Invite someone to one of your club’s events.
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Speech Language Pathology (SLP) is ERIC SCHMID/STATESMAN FILE

Yas or no to linguistic cultural appropriation

Andrew Goldstein • September 11, 2016
Unless this kind of derogatory intent is evident, I have a hard time seeing the dissemination of culture as inherently negative.
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Big names shouldnt lead to big fear

Big names shouldn’t lead to big fear

Andrew Goldstein • September 4, 2016
We hear or read about some seven syllable chemical and shudder, wondering about it's toxicity while those charged with testing these products declare them to be healthy.
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Stay true to yourself through college

Stay true to yourself through college

Andrew Goldstein • August 25, 2016
Don’t let college stop you or change you from being who you are. Use college to help make you into the person you want to be.
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The Science of College: The art of an effective apology

The Science of College: The art of an effective apology

Andrew Goldstein • April 27, 2016
Not all apologies are created equal, according to a study led by Roy J. Lewicki at the Ohio State University's Fisher College of Business.
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Keep your encyclopedia, Google works just fine

Keep your encyclopedia, Google works just fine

Andrew Goldstein • April 27, 2016
Every advancement society makes is going to lead us away from skills we used to find important but are now either specialized skill sets or automated.
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The Stony Brook University hospital. Oregon was the first state to codify a right-to-death law in 1997. ARACELY JIMENEZ/STATESMAN FILE

School of Medicine course teaches compassion to students

Andrew Goldstein • April 19, 2016
The Stony Brook Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, and Bioethics focuses on teaching literature, history, philosophy and the arts, in relation to patient care.
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Alcohol is ultilized in herbal medicine to allow for easy absorption and preservation of all-natural remedies. (JESUS PICHARDO / THE STATESMAN)

Common myths about alcohol debunked

Andrew Goldstein • April 18, 2016
The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion found that binge drinking accounts for over half of deaths due to excessive drinking.
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