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Pernice, Abhishek Parekh  and Chris Joseph started the Nerdy Notes website to give students more options when it comes to studying for exams. (MANJU SHIVACHARAN / THE STATESMAN)

New website to sell course notes

Katherine Kurre March 4, 2014
Trevor Pernice, a sophomore electrical engineering major, took an Indian studies course in his freshman year at Stony Brook, but the professor’s heavy accent made it hard for him to take comprehensive notes. He started wondering what the other students had written. It is out of this curiosity that Nerdy Notes was founded.
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Snow and ice still pose a hazard to campus residents

Kelly Zegers February 25, 2014
Over the past few weeks, Stony Brook University made efforts to remove snow from walkways and roadways across campus. Despite those efforts, though, some students feel the residential buildings have inaccessible or slippery entrances.
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Each case of diphallia is different, and because it is such a rare condition, little is known about its cause. (NINA LIN/THE STATESMAN)

Under the microscope: double the pleasure, double the fun

Mallory Locklear and Ruchi Shah February 11, 2014
Recently, a man going by the nickname “Diphallic Dude” took part in a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" (AMA) session that centered around his rare condition—diphallia, a medical condition wherein a male is born with two penises.
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Pop-Tart cat incident unveils lack of student representation

Anusha Mookherjee April 12, 2013
USG at this point has turned into a popularity contest. Across the board, there is no depth to the platforms of the candidates. But at the end of the day, we are voting on who is the least worst.
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Students connect via Reddit

Will Welch March 11, 2013

The user count reads “679 Seawolves” at http://reddit.com/r/sbu, a two-year-old page on the popular user-generated social news website Reddit. The forum, or subreddit, is one of more than 200,000...

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