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Oktoberfest graphic.  PUBLIC DOMAIN

Celebrating the oldtime tradition of Oktoberfest

Jovher Tagangylyjov October 17, 2021
During the 200 years of its history, the scale of Oktoberfest has grown in popularity and size. Nowadays it attracts millions of tourists and enthusiasts to Bavaria from different parts of the world.
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Tribeca goes online for annual film festival amid pandemic

Lajiere Blake April 8, 2020
On Friday, Tribeca editors announced that their annual film festival would adapt to a new digital landscape. This includes an innovative virtual reality film program that will be presented in conjunction with Facebook’s Oculus.
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The poster for a Netflix documentary on the Fyre Festival. This article is not a review of the documentary, but an interview with those who attended the Fyre Festival, a music festival that took place in April 2017 which failed to provide housing, transportation and artists that it promised. PUBLIC DOMAIN

A Fyre Festival exclusive: it wasn’t a disaster for all

Caitlyn McDuffee March 3, 2019
Instead of luxury villas, guests were housed in flimsy tents with soaking wet mattresses from rain the night before. Along with having insufficient hygiene facilities there was a lack of running water.
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 pepole of Hindu riligion alighted candle and clay lamp in their house and temples at the festival time. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS CC BY-SA 4.0

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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Wolfieland comes back to Stony Brook for a third time

Luis Ruiz Dominguez September 16, 2018
Instead of cars, the Student Activities Center parking lot was filled with festival rides on Saturday, Sept. 15 for the Undergraduate Student Government’s (USG) third annual Wolfieland Carnival.
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Environmental Club leads in sustainability advocacy

Environmental Club leads in sustainability advocacy

Aracely Jimenez April 23, 2018
The Stony Brook University Environmental Club celebrated Earthstock last week by teaching the campus community about living sustainably.
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