If you’ve ever walked around Stony Brook University’s (SBU) campus, chances are you’ve seen plenty of posters and fliers hanging up advertising for big on-campus organizations like the Undergraduate Student Government (USG), the Weekend Life Council and RockYoFace. The posters made by those groups have a very professional look to them that might lead one to think were made by graphic designers, when in fact they’re done by SBU non-art-majoring students.
The Undergraduate Student Government’s (USG) John Oliver comedy show may have not gone as planned, but the upcoming Spring Concert could be the perfect opportunity to win over the students’ favor.
Will Rhino and Nicole Bansen of The Statesman's Arts and Entertainment section gives us the run-down on Stony Brook University's first Undergraduate Student Government's gala.
Valentine’s Day might be over, but the last thing sexually active college students want to give their significant other is HIV or an STI. That’s why the Center for Prevention and Outreach (CPO), along with Choosing Healthy Options In a College Environment (CHOICE), will be doing what they can to make the importance of safe sex clear to the Stony Brook campus.
People can tell that the holiday season is upon them when families gather to eat turkey, boxes of decorations are uncovered from attics and when plenty of frantic shoppers stampede into stores like savages.
Comedy is hot at Stony Brook. The Student Activities Center (SAC) Auditorium may not have been packed with students for the Upright Citizens Brigade Touring Company, but it was certainly filled with boisterous laughter.
The Doors performed at Stony Brook University in the men’s gym Saturday, Sept. 23, 1967. The venue was sold out beyond capacity with over 3,000 college students.
Carlos Santana performed in the gymnasium at Stony Brook University on Sunday Nov. 4, 1984 at 9 p.m. By this year, he was already widely famous. In an article from a Nov. 7, 1984 issue of The Statesman, student reporter, Ellen Breidner, noted that a round of applause was needed for the Stony Brook Concerts for the great show they put on.
College students do not get too many chances in their hectic schedules to stop and deconstruct some of life’s simpler things. Take Daylight Savings Time (DST), for example.
