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Shooting guard Zaida Gonzalez takes a corner three-pointer against Buffalo on Saturday, Dec. 2. Gonzalez scored a career-high 26 points in the blowout win over the Bulls. BRITTNEY DIETZ/THE STATESMAN

Gonzalez girls carry Stony Brook women’s basketball to domination over Buffalo

Jeremy Portnoy December 3, 2023
Though the Stony Brook women’s basketball team is no stranger to blowout wins, it had yet to put together a dominant victory over a high-caliber opponent. That changed for the Seawolves in an 83-52 win over the Buffalo Bulls at Island Federal Arena on Saturday.
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Letter to the Editors of The Statesman, re: “Israel, Hamas, and the importance of balanced coverage”

The Editorial Board November 15, 2023

Dear readers of The Statesman,  Mr. Portnoy’s perspective offers a glimpse into the diverse range of opinions within our community. It is essential to us that our publication serves as a platform...

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Letter to the Editor: Israel, Hamas, and the importance of balanced coverage

Jeremy Portnoy and Letter to the Editor November 15, 2023

Jeremy is the former editor-in-chief of  The Statesman and a Jewish-American student at Stony Brook. The views expressed in this letter are his alone. The Jerusalem Post recently ran an editorial decrying...

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Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo during a benefit show in Farmingville on July 23. The duo broke out cover songs and reworked versions of their own hits at the 7,000-capactiy Catholic Health Ampitheater. JULIA PORTNOY/THE STATESMAN

Pat Benatar represents LI Hall of Fame in homecoming show

Jeremy Portnoy July 31, 2023
Rock & Roll Hall of Famers Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo returned to Benatar’s native Long Island for a performance at the Catholic Health Amphitheater in Farmingville on July 23.
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Stony Brook is aiming to have more LEED certified buildings like the Simons Center. (RYAN MUI/THE STATESMAN)

Stony Brook University receives record-breaking $500 million donation

Jeremy Portnoy and Sky Crabtree June 1, 2023
Stony Brook University received a gift of $500 million on Thursday. It’s the second-largest donation to any public university in U.S. history and the largest unrestricted gift to a U.S. university’s endowment.
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The Gaslight Anthem returns to The Paramount with renewed purpose

The Gaslight Anthem returns to The Paramount with renewed purpose

Jeremy Portnoy May 29, 2023
A solid chunk of The Gaslight Anthem’s 90-minute barnstormer of a concert on Friday was dedicated to frontman Brian Fallon’s semi-coherent ramblings and lighthearted jabs towards an adoring audience in Huntington, N.Y.
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The recent changes to campus dining since the arrival of CulinArt have caused long lines at West and East Side Dining. ZACHARY DYER/THE STATESMAN

Exclusive: CulinArt under investigation for illegal activity at Stony Brook University

Jeremy Portnoy February 13, 2023
CulinArt used Stony Brook funds to pay employees working at other locations, misreported how much money they spent on dining hall food and avoided obligations to split their profits with the university.
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Indie rockers Arcade Fire performing at the Barclays Center on Nov. 4. Sexual harassment allegations against lead singer Win Butler brought controversy to the concert. JEREMY PORTNOY/THE STATESMAN

Arcade Fire: Can you be a poet and a scumbag?

Jeremy Portnoy November 7, 2022
#OPINION: The shock value in the Win Butler allegations comes not in their severity, but in the earnestness associated with Arcade Fire. The band’s entire discography revolves around clinging to innocence and morality in a cruel world.
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Alvvays Blue Rev review: bite-sized indie rock perfection

Alvvays’ ‘Blue Rev’ review: bite-sized indie rock perfection

Jeremy Portnoy October 20, 2022
The new Alvvays album is a chaotic mess, with hooks that are difficult to pick out and more tempo changes than should conceivably fit within 40 minutes — and it’s perfect.
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Stony Brook students march in support of abortion rights

Stony Brook students march in support of abortion rights

Jeremy Portnoy and Karaline Talty May 6, 2022
A group of roughly 100 abortion rights advocates marched around the Stony Brook University campus and gave speeches on May 5 in protest of the leaked draft of a Supreme Court opinion that could overturn Roe v. Wade.
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Outfielder Alicia Orosco getting ready to step up to bat in the Sacred Heart game on March 31. CAMRON WANG/THE STATESMAN

Stony Brook softball sweeps longtime rivals

Jeremy Portnoy April 18, 2022
The Stony Brook softball team reasserted its dominance over Binghamton in the teams’ final America East series against each other by winning both games of a Sunday doubleheader. 
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A headshot of Dennis Sullivan. PHOTO PROVIDED BY DENNIS SULLIVAN

Stony Brook professor named Abel laureate

Jeremy Portnoy April 18, 2022
Professor Dennis Sullivan, 71, has been named the Abel Prize's 25th laureate, commonly regarded as the mathematical equivalent of the Nobel Prize. He has worked at ten universities over the course of six decades.
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