Stony Brook College Democrats Archives

Stony Brook students face paperwork and confusion at the polls

by Brianne LeddaNews 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

by 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

by Cecelia MasselliOpinionsFebruary 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

by 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

by 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

by 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.

Stony Brook students march for gun control, disarmed UPD

by Mike AdamsFeatured News Top StoryMarch 31, 2018March 31, 2018

Stony Brook student activists and political leaders from various groups joined together to demand gun control reform in a march on campus Wednesday, March 28.

Anxiety for dreamers as DACA set to expire in March

by Karina GerryNewsFebruary 4, 2018

“If I were sent back today I wouldn’t know how to get around,” Azofeifa said. “I grew up here. I am American in every sense of the word, this is all I know.”

Take the time to vote

by Andrew GoldsteinFeatured OpinionsOctober 29, 2017

Ask your district and county candidates, what are they going to do to help students here at Stony Brook?

Students express concern over potential Title IX changes

by Charles ScottFeatured News Top StoryOctober 1, 2017October 2, 2017

As the U.S. Department of Education looks toward possibly altering the Title IX amendment of the Education Amendments of 1972, college students across the country are raising questions about how this could affect their rights in sexual assault cases.