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Joan Rivers death raises questions regarding respect

Jay Shah September 11, 2014
Joan Rivers’ recent death has sparked an interesting conversation that gets brought up any time a public figure dies.
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“Laugh Your Guts Out” begins sluggish and empty but accelerates and fills

Chelsea Katz March 3, 2014
For nearly an hour, it seemed like the African Student Union's annual "Laugh Your Guts Out" comedy show on Saturday night was slated for disaster. Twenty people filled the SAC Auditorium at 8 p.m., the call time on flyers, and two of the five comedians had not yet arrived
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Stony Brook gets a study break with Demetri Martin

Stony Brook gets a study break with Demetri Martin

Jon Winkler October 10, 2013
It’s 6:15 p.m. and there is already a line inside of the Staller Center. Students are lined up in anticipation for the performance of one Demetri Martin, the acclaimed comic known for his visual display of jokes and twists on word play.
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SBU4Casey uses humor for healing

Jon Winkler September 23, 2013
Some people at SBU like to go the extra mile, especially for those who have shown an equal amount of kindness toward others over time. This is the case for the upcoming SBU4Casey Comedy Night, a fundraiser for Stony Brook University’s Assistant Director of Intramurals and Sport Club Programming Casey Ellin. The show, on display this Friday, Sept. 27 at the SAC Auditorium at 8 p.m., showcases local comedians cracking hot jokes for the likes of students and staff.
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The comedy trio Upright Citizens Brigade took to the SAC auditorium stage on Thursday, Oct. 25. (Kevin Lizarazo)

Stony Brook continues to respond positively to comedy

Nicole Bansen November 4, 2012
Comedy is hot at Stony Brook. The Student Activities Center (SAC) Auditorium may not have been packed with students for the Upright Citizens Brigade Touring Company, but it was certainly filled with boisterous laughter.
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Student profile: Marlon McLeod

Keith Olsen March 26, 2012
There was once a time that senior health and science major Marlon McLeod thought that Stony Brook University was too dull.
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Campus Spotlight: Joe Picininni

Nicole Bansen March 19, 2012
College students do not get too many chances in their hectic schedules to stop and deconstruct some of life’s simpler things. Take Daylight Savings Time (DST), for example.
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