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The Academic Mall during USGs Light the Brook on Nov 9th.DEVIN KENNEDY/THE STATESMAN

Light the Brook held on Staller Steps for the first time

Saad Haroon November 13, 2022
The Undergraduate Student Government (USG) held its fifth annual Light the Brook event on Thursday, Nov. 10. During Light the Brook, lampposts and trees in the Academic Mall are lit up with fairy lights, marking the start of the holiday season.  
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Stony Brook 2015: A year in photos

Stony Brook 2015: A year in photos

The Statesman December 31, 2015
2015 was filled with diverse cultural events, student activism, and athletic upsets for Stony Brook. Here are our editors' picks of some of the year's most influential moments
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SBU Taandava, above, perform at a fundraiser on Monday, May 5, where more than 20 Stony Brook University organizations came together to provide relief for the people of Nepal, raising $4,225. The death toll of the 2015 Nepal Earthquake has now passed 7,000, making the earthquake the most devastating natural disaster to hit Nepal since 1934. CHRISTOPHER CAMERON / THE STATESMAN

Unite for Nepal brings organizations together to aid country

Jessica Carnabuci May 5, 2015
More than 20 organizations came together at the Unite for Nepal event on May 5 in order to provide relief and urgent care to the people affected.
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Students bring classical Indian dance to SB with Taandava

Rena Thomas March 9, 2015
Stony Brook’s Taandava Indian dance team had the crowd smiling as they performed classical dances for a cause this Saturday at the Charles B. Wang Center.
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The Stony Brook Bhangra performs traditional Indian dances on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014. (BRIDGET DOWNES / THE STATESMAN)

Seawolves show off their cultural roots

The Statesman December 2, 2014
Statesman photographers chronicle the various cultural events that took place this Fall 2014 semester.
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Traditional Diwali festival is embraced at Stony Brook

Jasmine Blennau November 8, 2014
The Wang Center Chapel was quiet and still on Wednesday night as S.N. Sridhar, the director of the Center for India Studies, taught the crowd about the celebration of Diwali.
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SBU Taandava’s Jana Seva: Classical Indian Dance for a Cause

Hanaa’ Tameez October 26, 2014
Founded in 2013, SBU Taandava is Stony Brook's first first Indian Classical dance team.
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