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The Excelsior Scholarship will offer applicants with a household income of less than $100,000 free tuition at SUNY and CUNY schools. This could make securing a spot at Stony Brook University harder in the future. PHOTO CREDIT: GOVERNOR CUOMOS OFFICE

New Yorkers await the effects of Cuomo’s Excelsior Scholarship

Rebecca Liebson • August 8, 2017
Despite being met with mixed reactions when it was first proposed in January, over 75,000 students have applied for Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s $87 million “free tuition” program ahead of the July 21 deadline.
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Junior attacker Kylie Ohlmiller (No. 17, left) looks to make a pass against USC on March 24. She broke the record for assists against X on April 11. ARACELY JIMENEZ/THE STATESMAN

Controversially low-seeded Women’s Lacrosse poised for deep NCAA Tournament run

Joseph Konig • May 12, 2017
The greatest season in Stony Brook Women’s Lacrosse history continued last weekend with the program’s fifth straight America East title.
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In early September, fast-food workers in New York City had their minimum wages raised to $15. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo recently said he hopes to make New York the first state with a $15 minimum wage. PHOTO CREDIT: THE ALL-NITE IMAGES

A $15 minimum wage hurts more than it helps New Yorkers

Joseph Loscalzo • October 14, 2015
A $15 minimum wage would cause more harm than good for both the people it is intended to help, as well as others involved.
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PHOTO CREDIT: JEFFREY SMITH

Education reform remains controversial

Will Welch • April 1, 2014
A panel of education experts and Long Island superintendents condemned the reform agenda of the New York State Board of Regents at an event held at Stony Brook’s Wang Center.
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