The Statesman

Festival of Lights 2019 Photo Gallery

Samantha Robinson • December 5, 2019

The Festival of Lights is a traditional event held at SBU which shares and celebrates the various religions, faiths and cultures that make up the Stony Brook community. Here are some photos from this year's multicultural event.

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Stony Brook should be more tolerant of religious holidays

Kraig Klein • September 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?

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Diwali lights up campus

Aleeza Kazmi • October 20, 2017

The Charles B. Wang Center continued its mission of bringing multiculturalism to Stony Brook on Thursday with its celebration of Diwali.

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Don’t just show up for rallies, support small events too

Andrew Goldstein • September 10, 2017

We are taught to be active players in the world of careers, rising up the ranks to achieve our vision of success. Our approach to activism should be the same.

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Diwali celebration lights up campus

Giselle Miranda • November 3, 2016

The annual traditional Hindu celebration Diwali, or the “Festival of Lights,” illuminated the Stony Brook campus on Wednesday night.

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15th annual Festival of Lights brings holidays together

Mahreen Khan • December 7, 2015

The 15th annual Festival of Lights took place Wednesday, Dec. 2 at the SAC, bringing students of all backgrounds and ethnicities together to rejoice in holiday spirit.

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Traditional Diwali festival is embraced at Stony Brook

Jasmine Blennau • November 8, 2014

The Wang Center Chapel was quiet and still on Wednesday night as S.N. Sridhar, the director of the Center for India Studies, taught the crowd about the celebration of Diwali.

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Diwali burns bright and fast at Jasmine

Chris Woods • November 5, 2013

With roughly two weeks' notice, Stony Brook University celebrated Diwali, India’s “Festival of Lights” Monday night at the Charles B. Wang Center.

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Diwali Festival of Lights: Sold out Show for Third Annual Event

Vanessa Ogle • November 3, 2010

Children are the powers of universal goodness. “Good always overpowers evil,” Harbinder Singh said. He is the head of the organizing committee for the third annual Diwali Festival of Lights, one...