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Offshore oil and gas production contributes to America’s Energy Future.
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SoMAS professors condemn offshore drilling at NYS Assembly hearing

Rebecca Liebson February 18, 2018
United by their fear of seeing Long Island’s South Shore devastated, a host of environmentalists and public officials gathered in Hauppauge to speak out against a Trump administration plan that would allow for oil exploration and drilling in the region.
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#MeToo founder Tarana Burke speaks at Stony Brook

Rebecca Liebson January 28, 2018
Tarana Burke, the founder of the #MeToo movement, shared her experiences as an activist and survivor of sexual assault.
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The Undergraduate Student Government (USG) senate in session on Aug. 31, 2017. ARACELY JIMENEZ/STATESMAN FILE

Credit limit policy will change starting Fall 2018

Mahreen Khan January 22, 2018
Students interested in taking more than 17 credits will no longer have to wait two weeks from the start of classes to enroll in all of their classes.
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The Stony Brook Track and Field team at a meet in 2016. Amanda Stead set a new school record in the 400m run. KRYSTEN MASSA/STATESMAN FILE

Women’s Track and Field shines at Penn 8-team Select meet

Rebecca Liebson January 21, 2018
Stony Brook Track and Field traveled to the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex on Staten Island on Saturday to compete in the Penn 8-team Select meet.
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Suspect found, no weapon recovered in search for “possible man with a gun”

Rebecca Liebson January 20, 2018
Students received an emergency text message alert regarding a “possible man with a gun” at Chapin Apartments.
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President Samuel Stanley speaking at the Brookhaven National Lab back in 2013.BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY/FLICKR VIA CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

42 distinguished professors voice concerns about SBU administration

Rebecca Liebson December 3, 2017
On Sept. 27, 42 Stony Brook professors with “Distinguished Faculty Rank” — the highest honor one can achieve in the SUNY system — sent a letter to SUNY Chancellor Kristina M. Johnson voicing their “profound concern” with the state of their university, calling it “exceptionally alarming.”
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Writing and Rhetoric professors face the realities of personnel cuts

Rebecca Liebson November 7, 2017
In order to fill the demand for courses like the Intermediate Writing Workshop (WRT 102), which most students must complete, the adjuncts were told that full-time lecturers from other disciplines, including pharmacology and geology, would take their places.
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President Samuel L. Stanley, Jr. gives his annual State of the University address on Wednesday, Sept. 27. GARY GHAYRAT/THE STATESMAN

President Stanley looks at Stony Brook’s past and future in 2017 State of the University Address

Rebecca Liebson October 1, 2017
At Stony Brook’s annual State of the University Address on Wednesday, Sept. 27, President Samuel L. Stanley Jr. celebrated 60 years of progress at Stony Brook.
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Opinions editor Andre Goldstein consults the AP Stylebook regarding the Oxford comma. ARACELY JIMENEZ/THE STATESMAN

Pausing to appreciate the Oxford comma

Andrew Goldstein September 24, 2017
Tess Stepakoff, assistant copy chief – “Heck yeah, AP style should have the Oxford comma!”
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Post Malone and Slushii rock Back to the Brook

Post Malone and Slushii rock Back to the Brook

Kayla McKiski and Rebecca Liebson September 23, 2017
Post covered Nirvana’s “All Apologies,” strumming the guitar with his painted black fingernails, his growly voice the perfect texture for the angsty self-deprecating rock song.
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Dean of Stony Brooks College of Arts and Science, Sacha Kopp, announced he will resign on Jul. 1. Kopp has been the head of the universitys largest college since Aug. 2014.  PHOTO COURTESY OF STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY

College of Arts and Sciences faculty respond to personnel cuts

Rebecca Liebson September 20, 2017
Five tenure-track positions in the College of Arts and Sciences have been eliminated in response to university-wide budget cuts.
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President Samuel L. Stanley Jr. addresses the campus during last Wednesdays State of the University. EZRA MARGONO/STATESMAN FILE

President Stanley’s plan to address $35 million deficit draws ire of faculty

Rebecca Liebson September 13, 2017
President Samuel L. Stanley, Jr. and other top administrators met with the University Senate on Monday to discuss a plan to balance Stony Brook’s nearly $35 million deficit over the next two to three years.
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