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Stony Brook students protest against sexual violence in Take Back the Night

Stony Brook students protest against sexual violence in “Take Back the Night”

Nicole Morett May 8, 2022
More than a dozen students assembled outside the Student Activities Center for the Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance’s (FMLA) annual Take Back the Night demonstration — a protest against sexual violence — on April 28.
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Tarana Burke speaking at Stony Brook University back in 2018. STATESMAN FILE

The Presidential Lecture Series presents a talk with activist Tarana Burke

Melanie Navarro May 10, 2021
On April 21, Stony Brook University President Maurie McInnis presented a conversation with activist and Me Too movement founder Tarana Burke as a part of the Presidential Lecture Series.
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Candace Owens speaking at the 2018 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland. GAGE SKIDMORE/FLICKR VIA CC BY-SA 2.0

Candace Owens’s tweet encourages toxic masculinity and outdated gender stereotypes

Justin Chassin March 9, 2021
#OPINION: “Bring back manly men,” tweeted conservative author, Candace Owens, on Nov. 14. When first reading this tweet, my eyes transfixed on the words “manly man.” 
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Take a Stand/Walk With Me March ALEK LEWIS/THE STATESMAN

“Take a Stand: Walk with Me” march preaches message of awareness for domestic violence

Alek Lewis October 27, 2019
Students, faculty and domestic violence prevention organizations marched together in “Take a Stand: Walk With Me” on Oct. 23 to raise awareness about domestic and relationship violence.
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Stony Brook volunteers organizing bags for survivors of sexual and domestic violence. It was part of the third annual SUNY Got Your Back event on March 11, 2019. MAYA BROWN/THE STATESMAN

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.
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Me Too.  LUIS RUIZ DOMINGUEZ/THE STATESMAN

Me too?

Genie Ruzicka October 22, 2017
Halfway through a conversation about how women and femmes often downplay encounters that constitute harassment or assault by saying “It’s just par for the course” or “He didn’t mean it” or “That’s just the way it is,” I realized I had been doing the exact same thing.
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New complainant navigator assists students, faculty

New complainant navigator assists students, faculty

Mahreen Khan November 23, 2015
Samantha Winter has recently been hired to fill SBU’s new complainant navigator/advocate position, extending her ear, shoulder and expertise to those in need.
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Saying Enough is Enough to campus sexual assault

Saying Enough is Enough to campus sexual assault

Jess Stoneburner October 6, 2015
Gov. Andrew Cuomo launched a new public awareness campaign in an effort to support the “Enough is Enough” legislation to combat sexual assault on college campuses last month.
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The Sexwolf: I really like porn

The Sexwolf: I really like porn

Kate Valerio March 22, 2015
Everyone is curious about sex. It’s this morbid curiosity that has made the pornography industry so huge and still growing.
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SUNYs attorney files for pre-motion conference, looks to dismiss deliberate indifference complaint

SUNY’s attorney files for pre-motion conference, looks to dismiss “deliberate indifference” complaint

Arielle Martinez March 16, 2015
The attorney representing SUNY in the Sarah Tubbs lawsuit has filed a request for a pre-motion conference, stating that Tubbs’s complaint should be dismissed.
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The Stony Brook Foundation,
 the Universitys main source of funding,
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UPDATE: Defendant in sexual assault trial seeks $10 million for alleged slander and libel

Arielle Martinez March 12, 2015
A Stony Brook University student, who has been accused of sexual assault by an SBU alumna, is now seeking $10 million for alleged slander and libel.
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Sarah Tubbs

Sarah speaks: plaintiff in sexual assault case addresses flaws in Stony Brook judiciary system

Hanaa’ Tameez March 12, 2015
Stony Brook University alumna Sarah Tubbs met with members of the media on Tuesday, March 10 to discuss the lawsuit she filed against the school.
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