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How Astroworld turned into a “mass casualty event”

Skylar SenaArts MusicNovember 14, 2021November 15, 2021

On Friday, Nov. 5, at Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival in Houston, a crowd rush kickstarted a struggle that became a tragedy. In a crammed audience of around 50,000 attendees, momentum led to collapse, air loss and trampling, resulting in nine deaths.

A conversation on race with Shimelis Gulema, an Africana studies professor

Gary GhayratFaculty NewsFebruary 29, 2020March 1, 2020

Race is very integral, very key to the American fabric. You cannot talk about exploitation, oppression and segregation in this country without injecting the notion of race because many of these things are race-based.

Stony Brook University hosts annual Commons Day

Gabby PardoNewsOctober 19, 2019October 19, 2019

Transgender author Janet Mock spoke at Stony Brook University’s Commons Day, opening up about her experiences with love, discrimination and identity.

50 years “forever wild”: Looking back on the Ashley Schiff Preserve

Brianne Ledda, Margaret Osborne & Taylor BeglaneNews Top StoryOctober 11, 2019October 11, 2019

When Stony Brook University decided to bulldoze the tallest conifer tree on campus in the 1960s, political science professor Dr. Ashley Schiff chained himself to its trunk.

“Bill Burr: Paper Tiger”: Another hilarious critique of politically correct culture

Alek LewisArtsSeptember 22, 2019September 22, 2019

On Sept. 10, Bill Burr’s sixth hour-long stand-up special, “Bill Burr: Paper Tiger,” debuted on Netflix, sporting the streaming service label’s “provocative” and “politically incorrect.”