The Statesman

Reduced residential population sees SBU crime drop

Sara Ruberg and Steven Keehner • October 10, 2021

Reported crime on Stony Brook’s campus decreased in nearly every category during 2020, according to the Annual Security and Fire Safety Report published on Oct. 1.

Read Story

“Brian Banks” tells the true story of a wrongfully convicted black man

Lajiere Blake • December 1, 2019

Director Tom Shadyac brings the film “Brian Banks,” the true story of a wrongfully convicted man, to the big screen. In the film, Brian Banks, played by Aldis Hodge, is a former high school football star whose college career was ruined because of a rape allegation.

Read Story

“13 Reasons Why” continues important conversation in its third season

Melissa Azofeifa • August 25, 2019

The third season of the controversial show, “13 Reasons Why” came out on Netflix on Friday, Aug. 23, and it does not disappoint. For those of you who haven’t caught up yet, don’t worry, there will not be any spoilers in this article.

Read Story

Spoiler Alert: “When They See Us” is more than just a history lesson

Maya Brown • June 22, 2019

On May 31, I watched the Netflix miniseries, “When They See Us.” The show, created, written and directed by Ava DuVernay, was inspired by the true Central Park Five case and exposes the breakdown of the amoral U.S. criminal justice system during this time.

Read Story

Students lend a hand to sexual assault survivors at SUNY’s Got Your Back

Maya Brown • March 14, 2019

As students looped around in assembly lines, they placed pamphlets providing guidance, a cloth towel, toiletries, cosmetic kits, deodorant, tissues, writing utensils and a blue bouncy ball into bright blue bags.

Read Story

Activist and former child bride Naila Amin shares her story

Maya Brown • December 7, 2018

Naila Amin never got to experience childhood. She was engaged to her cousin at eight years old, married by age 13 and repeatedly raped by her husband until she was 15.

Read Story

#HimToo is the #AllLivesMatter of #MeToo

Aleeza Kazmi • December 2, 2018

The #HimToo movement, if you can even call it a movement, is the #AllLivesMatter of the #MeToo movement.

Read Story

Brooklyn artist launches illustrated series about sexual harassment

Brianne Ledda • November 1, 2018

Brooklyn-based artist Hannah Provisor was waiting for the bus when a man described to her in graphic detail what he wanted to do with her body.

Read Story

#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.

Read Story

Consent: an ongoing education

Genie Ruzicka • February 13, 2017

If someone is being taught the dynamics of consent when they are entering college, it is too late. Sexual education as a whole needs to improve drastically.

Read Story

Monument Quilt raises awareness for sexual assault

Thomas James • October 23, 2016

Christine Szaraz, an organizer of the event, hopes to keep the momentum going next fall with Domestic Violence Awareness Month events, maybe having a similar event to replace the Monument Quilt.

Read Story