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Students have conflicting views on political diversity at Stony Brook

Sky CrabtreeDiversity Special Issue 2023 NewsFebruary 19, 2023February 19, 2023

At Stony Brook University, where over 17,000 undergraduate students attend what USA Today ranked as the ninth most diverse college in America, students with unpopular political perspectives feel they cannot openly voice their opinions.

Midterm elections could hinge on four Long Island congressional races

Benjamin AmsterElection Day 2022 NewsOctober 23, 2022October 27, 2022

Long Island’s four highly competitive congressional races are drawing considerable attention from both parties. Two districts on Long Island are favoring Republicans by just three points, and the other two districts are favoring Democrats by just two and five points.

Ideologies clash as Turning Point USA protest arrives to SBU campus

Maya Brown & Steven KeehnerLong Island News Student Life Top StorySeptember 13, 2021September 13, 2021

About 200 people from Turning Point USA (TPUSA), the New York Young Republican Club, the Long Island Loud Majority and surrounding community members gathered around the fountain at the Academic Mall on Sunday, Sept. 12, to protest mandatory vaccines.

Turning Point USA holding anti-mandatory vaccine protest on campus

Maria LyndersNews Top StorySeptember 11, 2021September 12, 2021

The Stony Brook chapter of Turning Point USA will be holding an anti-mandatory vaccine protest on Sept. 12, from 3 to 4 p.m. The protest is expected to take place on West Campus, but the exact location is still to be determined.

Stony Brook students face paperwork and confusion at the polls

Brianne Ledda & Alexander BakirdanNews Top StoryNovember 10, 2019November 12, 2019

Stony Brook students faced confusion and extra paperwork when they tried to vote on campus on Tuesday, Nov. 5. Students who switched dorm buildings on campus since the last voting cycle were asked to fill out affidavits, worrying some that their votes wouldn’t count.

NYS Senate Majority Leader speaks to students

Irini OrihuelaFeatured NewsApril 21, 2019April 22, 2019

The Stony Brook College Democrats hosted New York State Senate Majority Leader and Temporary President Andrea Stewart-Cousins in Frey Hall on Wednesday, April 17 to talk about her career in politics.

An honor, not an entitlement: Stony Brook’s LGBTQ students are not bargaining chips

Cecelia Masselli & Peter HenningerOpinionsFebruary 24, 2019February 24, 2019

Although the senator claims to be personally opposed to gay conversion therapy, we refuse to waste time speculating what he might be saying at his dinner table.

President Stanley responds to LaValle Stadium petition

Rebecca LiebsonFeatured News Top StoryFebruary 24, 2019February 25, 2019

Stony Brook University President Samuel L. Stanley Jr. said the school is not considering any plans to rename Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium. The name became a point of contention last month after the state senator, whom the stadium is named after, voted against a ban on gay conversion therapy.

Students petition to rename LaValle Stadium

Rebecca LiebsonFeatured News Top StoryFebruary 13, 2019February 18, 2019

Almost 500 Stony Brook students have signed a petition calling on the university to change the name of Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium after its namesake voted against a ban on gay conversion therapy.

Stony Brook University honors the memory of 9/11 victims

Gurnoor KohliNews Top StorySeptember 14, 2018March 19, 2020

The Stony Brook University Alumni Association held a memorial ceremony on the Academic Mall on Tuesday, Sept. 11, to honor the members of the Stony Brook community who were killed in the 2001 9/11 attacks.