The Statesman

SUNY campuses create task force to plan fall reopening

Gabby Pardo • May 11, 2020

Seven groups are uniting to form the State University of New York COVID-19 Re-Imagine and Resume Residential Education Task Force, whose goal is to create a plan to reopen SUNY campuses in the fall.

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Ask the Editors: what are our favorite autumn activities?

Andrew Goldstein • October 23, 2017

Here at The Statesman, editors celebrate fall with friends, family or alone. Here are our favorite things to do in the fall.

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Show review: ‘Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life’

Lola Ashirmetov • December 8, 2016

The witty banter is finally back. The highly anticipated Netflix revival of "Gilmore Girls" premiered on Nov. 25.

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Literary Karaoke gets a Halloween revamp

Giselle Miranda • October 31, 2016

Spooky tales and fall poems haunted the room at Melville Library’s first Halloween-themed literary karaoke event on Oct. 27.

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Seven basic things to do this fall

Alex Blanc • September 21, 2015

The leaves are turning Instagram-worthy shades of red and orange, the Pumpkin Spice Latte is back and sweater weather is rapidly approaching. What more could anyone want?

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Course evaluations still source of student apathy

Ivana Stolnik • May 7, 2015

As the end of the spring semester approaches, Stony Brook University students are constantly bombarded with emails and reminders to fill out their course evaluations.

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Fall down and spring awake

David Fuchs • February 12, 2015

The structure of fall semester begets an environment of exponentially increasing stress for every student, especially freshman.

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Fall Community Festival brings autumn-themed fun to students

Chelsea Katz • October 8, 2014

The Office of the Provost Liaison and WUSB 90.1 sponsored a Fall Community Festival on Wednesday, complete with arts and crafts and inflatable obstacle courses.

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College gal cooking: miniature apple pies

Emily McTavish • October 21, 2013

It is beginning to feel much more like autumn here on Long Island, and this means apple season: the perfect time to make miniature apple pies right there in your dorm.

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An ode to appropriate clothing

Christopher Leelum • October 10, 2013

Too soon has October been prematurely suffocated by tight jeans or congested with hoodies. Sweatpants work like saunas at the first mention of the word “fall,” and long-sleeved shirts initiate insulation as soon as the leaves brown. The advent of autumn is inaccurately viewed as the point of no return for temperatures above 70. And thus the sacrifice of comfort for style is untimely, unfortunate and unnecessary.

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A Word of Advice to Freshmen

Anusha Mookherjee • September 3, 2013

The start of fall is just around the corner, and I've noticed a wonderful trend with each new freshman class. They stay out later, their clothes are shorter and are all oblivious to the rude awakening that will soon hit them.

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