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Stony Brook University Distinguished Professor Michael Kimmel. HEINRICH-BÖLL-STIFTUNG/FLICKR VIA CC BY-SA 2.0

SBU professor defers award amid sexual harassment rumors

Rebecca Liebson • August 10, 2018
SUNY Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies, Michael Kimmel, publicly acknowledged rumors accusing him of sexual harassment and workplace misconduct this week.
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Persona 5 is the video game the anime show Persona 5: The Animation is based on. BAGOGAMES/FLICKR VIA CC BY 2.0

Anime spring 2018 preview

Kraig Klein • May 6, 2018
Make sure to take a break from studying, and when you do, why not check out a new Japanese animated series?  Here is a brief list of what to watch during finals week and what to avoid.
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Why we should never forget about #MeToo

Gabby Pardo • April 29, 2018
If Stony Brook made a class similar to Green Dot, the university would be able to spread more information about the #MeToo movement.
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Diversity Town Hall. EMMA HARRIS/THE STATESMAN

Final Diversity Town Hall of 2017/2018 draws mixed responses from students

Rebecca Liebson • April 29, 2018
At Wednesday’s Diversity Plan town hall, a panel of Stony Brook administrators and student representatives were asked to clarify the Athletic Department’s policies for investigating allegations of abuse.
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The Starbucks located in Melville Library.LUIS RUIZ DOMINGUEZ/THE STATESMAN

SBU should follow Starbucks and offer racial-bias education

Gabby Pardo and Andrew Goldstein • April 22, 2018
Perhaps we should take a page from Starbucks’ book and have a widely announced day of racial bias education for anyone who wishes to attend?
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Candidates for Undergraduate Student Government President, Meelod Wafajow (left)and Justas Klimavicius (right) take the stage during USGs elections debate in the Student Activities Center Ballroom B on Tues. March 20. The debate gave candidates running for executive positions an opportunity to inform students of their platform. This election, four of the seven executive positions have candidates are running uncontested. LUIS RUIZ/THE STATESMAN

Students must be more active in USG

Andrew Goldstein • March 28, 2018
This is not some high school government that has “will start selling breakfast waffles” as its major campaign promise. It is time for us, as students, to take a larger part in this community.
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Three Korean comfort women photographed in 1944 while being interrogated. The Charles B. Wang center screened I Can Speak, a film exploring the lives of comfort women in Korea under Japanese occupation. PUBLIC DOMAIN

Center for Korean Studies shows Korean film “I Can Speak”

Claudia Motley • March 25, 2018
Stony Brook’s Center for Korean Studies at the beginning of the month, released in 2017, the Korean comedy-drama “I Can Speak.”
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Students. GARY GHAYRAT/STATESMAN FILE

Stony Brook students say “Me Too”

Brianne Ledda • March 2, 2018
Students, faculty and staff gathered in the Student Activities Center for the #MeToo march hosted by the Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance on Wednesday, Feb. 28.
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Stony Brook students holding a sign at the #MeToo march hosted by the Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance. GARY GHAYRAT/THE STATESMAN

FMLA hosts march in support of the #MeToo movement

Gary Ghayrat • March 1, 2018
FMLA hosted a #MeToo march, giving Stony Brook students a chance to be part of the national movement that is bringing awareness to sexual assault and harassment.
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One in five women and one in 16 men are sexually assaulted on college campuses, but only 10 percent of survivors report their cases. ARACLEY JIMENEZ/THE STATESMAN

Stony Brook needs to reaffirm its commitment to gender equality

Aleeza Kazmi • February 20, 2018
I was shocked that a campus administration that has vocalized its support of Dreamers, Muslims and transgender people in this past year alone has not made an active effort to tell the survivors of abuse on its campus that it stands with them.
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Like other workplace environments, academia is rampant with cases of sexual harassment. ARACELY JIMENEZ/THE STATESMAN

In light of #MeToo, female faculty at SBU grapple with a history of harassment in higher education

Rebecca Liebson • February 12, 2018
Because pursuing a criminal case requires an extensive amount of evidence, Complainant Navigator for the Center for Prevention and Outreach Samantha Winter said that many people choose not to go to the police.
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One in five women and one in 16 men are sexually assaulted on college campuses, but only 10 percent of survivors report their cases. ARACLEY JIMENEZ/THE STATESMAN

#MeToo helped me too

Mike Adams • February 12, 2018
The #MeToo movement wasn’t necessarily fought for me, but I owe every silence breaker an unpayable debt of gratitude.
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