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Don’t make it tougher for people with disabilities

Joshua BlakeOpinionsOctober 21, 2019October 21, 2019

I decided to look up “Disability Reporting Jobs” on Google, with hopes of receiving information regarding job openings for journalists with disabilities such as myself. The results that popped up were articles about employment issues involving people with disabilities and how Social Security can help if you have one. Although none of this was relevant to my situation, I did find one article intriguing.

SBU hosts its first ever diversity and inclusion conference

Maya BrownNews Top StoryOctober 21, 2019October 21, 2019

Stony Brook University (SBU) hosted its first “Ignite The Student Leader in You,” a seven-hour diversity and inclusion conference on Saturday, Oct. 19 in the Student Activities Center.

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.

Misandry in feminism is real and needs to be addressed

Andrew InfantinoOpinionsSeptember 15, 2019September 22, 2019

In the wake of #MeToo and Brett Kavanaugh, feminists have become increasingly vocal that men should be held accountable for sexual misconduct and discrimination.

Anti-Semitism thrives in silence — we have to fight it

Rachel ParkerOpinionsNovember 10, 2018November 11, 2018

When I was 11 years old and sitting on the school bus, a boy came up to me and stuck up his hand an inch away from my face. On his palm, lazily scribbled in pen, was a swastika.

Mental health is not culture blind

Karina GerryArts Top StoryOctober 3, 2018October 4, 2018

Attitudes toward mental health often vary between people of different cultures. Their teachings and religious beliefs often affect the way they view the mentally ill, and the nature of mental health itself.

Stony Brook should pay attention to racism in its kitchens

Tuhin ChakrabartiOpinionsOctober 3, 2018October 3, 2018

In my brief experience working at West Side Dining, I could not believe what I saw, which is why I quit after my first day.

Stony Brook should be more tolerant of religious holidays

Kraig KleinOpinionsSeptember 28, 2018

But Stony Brook isn’t as tolerant as it depicts itself to be. How else can you explain the fact that we have no days off for important religious holidays?

Sept. 11 had a bigger impact than you think

Mike AdamsOpinionsSeptember 11, 2018March 19, 2020

We need to recognize the common denominator of pain that day, wrought from the innocent in nearly every corner of the Earth, if we are ever to truly heal.

Achieving true political correctness

Kraig KleinFeatured OpinionsMarch 18, 2018

If we need to create gender equality in our language, we need to search thoroughly and correct the etymology of words like “human.”